to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
the other day; a few days ago
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to watch steadily; to stare
such ... as; or some such
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
subordinate work; assistant; servant
one day; (on) a certain day
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to be silent; to say nothing
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
several years; a few years
family which supports a temple; parishioner
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
burglary; burglar; closet
instant; moment; for an instant
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify