southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
counter for books; volume
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
discovery; detection; finding
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
you (plural); all of you; you all
personal (employee); employed; retained
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
Kurama tengu; the tengu of Mount Kurama
senior high school; high school
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes
sex worker (at a soapland)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)