to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
preparations for returning (home)
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis); yellow-spotted pit viper
traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
fine weather during the rainy season
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
full of ingredients; hearty; substantial
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)