ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
every year; yearly; annually
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
to be pregnant; to be with child
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
Triglochin maritima var. asiatica (variety of seaside arrowgrass)
spots; speckles; spotted pattern; mottled pattern
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
sick person; patient; invalid
weird; disgusting; sickening
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
host; landlord; innkeeper
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
natural growth; wild growth
headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood; kerchief; tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window