Hansen's disease; leprosy
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
complete recovery from illness
limp; imbalance; unfavorable progress; unfavourable progress
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
speech; utterance; starting to speak; word used to start a sentence
general; overall; across-the-board
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
sick person; patient; invalid
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
further; besides; moreover; in addition to
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
number of households (houses)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
manners; behavior; behaviour
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
untonsured (monk or priest or nun)
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
stranger; tramp; wanderer
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
prohibition; ban; embargo
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
heresy; dangerous religion; (arch.) Christianity
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation