to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
expectant and nursing mothers
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
time of delivery (of a child)
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami); main table (at a wedding celebration)
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
name; given name; first name
crotch; groin; area between the thighs
embryonic age; fetal age; foetal age
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
one part; one portion; one section
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
Agency for Cultural Affairs
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
river; stream; River; the ... river
to wash clean; to cleanse
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)