Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
nursing in the home by visiting nurses
rules are rules; a rule is a rule
traditional Japanese handball game
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
wicker trunk; wicker luggage
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
traffic restrictions; traffic control
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
IQ; intelligence quotient
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
one's own style; self-taught manner
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
police cell; place of detention; jail
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
in swarms; in great crowds
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
illegitimate child; secret love child
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)