long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
forcibly; against one's will
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
frequency (of occurrence)
instead; but (on the other hand)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
selective; optional; alternative
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
reigning; controlling; dictating
accumulation; accumulate; store
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to play a leading role; to play a central part
system; organization; organisation; architecture
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
sympathy; empathy; response