mother church; main church; church where one was baptized
indescribable (e.g. beauty)
customer relations; serving (helping, attending to, waiting on) customers
fire-walking (walking over fire or burning coals)
Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum)
Mothers; Market of the High-growth and Emerging Stocks
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing
origin; fundamental element
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
common poppy (Papaver rhoeas); corn poppy; field poppy; red poppy
similar story; variant tale
to go to heaven; to be called to heaven
to cut (into two or more pieces)
burying a dead person's personal belongings with the body
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
pedantry; display of learning
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
committing suicide by throwing oneself in front of an onrushing train
to go through several printings; to run into several editions
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
unwelcome; unwanted; undesirable
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat