village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
(artistic) accomplishments
to close (one's eyes); to shut
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
disinheritance; disowning
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
unique; peculiar; singular
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
modern person; people of today
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
established (certain) fact
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
characteristic; feature; special quality
Japanese person; Japanese people
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to be born; to come into the world
Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic