duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
wall clock; grandfather clock
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
older sister; elder sister
father; dad; husband; you; he
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
shiba (Japanese breed of dog); shiba inu; brushwood dog
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
to go out and away; to leave
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
like a decent person; human
sunlight; rays of the Sun
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
one end; an end; part; fragment
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front