haori (Japanese formal coat)
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
the same; the said; likewise
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
this and that; one thing and another
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
torii; Shinto shrine archway
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
desktop personal computer
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
every place; various places
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
verbalizing; putting into words
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard