countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
(professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.); motorman; mate (on a ship); officer
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
municipal railway; city streetcar; tram
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
briskly with small steps; trotting
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
not worth (getting angry about, etc.)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
had better ...; had better not ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
that's the way it is; such is life
one's own child; one's own children
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"