person with a family; family man
Yūyake Koyake (1919 children's song)
warbler being in a valley; valley in which warblers live; remaining obscure and unsuccessful
sense of being the chosen people
creek; waterway (including irrigation or drainage canal)
a wise man keeps away from danger
decisive moment; critical moment; crucial moment
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
how many months?; how long?
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
shiba (Japanese breed of dog); shiba inu; brushwood dog
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning
brushing; blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
ahead; before; the future
three generations; three periods; third generation