thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
virtuous act or deeds; goodness
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
speaking voice; talking voice
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
deva and naga; heavenly dragon
railway bridge; iron bridge
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
authority; power; influence
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
village headman; village mayor
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit