measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
parental love or affection
platform; home; home base; home plate
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
postbox; mailbox; pillar box
paper bag for putting a present in
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
concealment; suppression; hiding
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
line; queue; procession; matrix
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
sravaka (disciple of Buddha); adherent of Hinayana Buddhism
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
mountain of death; steep mountain which the dead must cross to reach the afterlife
government office; agency; board
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather