to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
extreme reverence; deeply revered person; the Emperor
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
ruining a country; ruined country
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
country; territory; domain; realm
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
self-indulgence; looseness; dissolution; licence; license
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to be lost in thought; to be immersed in reverie
forgetting; lapse of memory
personage; person (deserving of respect)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
morning and evening; daily routine; to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; all the time; always
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
friendly feelings; fellowship
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
kind-hearted; benevolence
merchant's home; rented home; store; shop
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
to put (something) back in its place; to replace; to reposition; to move (to another place)
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
in one's lifetime; (while) in life
real intention; true motive; true meaning
easygoing; optimistic; conceited