favour; favor; warm friendship
second anniversary of a death
Shimaki Akahiko (1876.12.17-1926.3.27)
distress; wretched condition
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Nevsky
this country; our country
series (of publications); library (set of books)
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
selection of poems; selected poems
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks
historical treatise; historical discussion
form of expression; form of presentation
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
absence from work without permission
dismissal; sacking; discharge
eighth day of the month; eight days
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown