under ... years of age; less than ... years old
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
infants; babies and very young children
death rate; mortality rate
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
killing and wounding; bloodshed
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
talking about (behind one's back); backbiting
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
different opinion; objection
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha