duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
revival; restoration; resuscitation
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
edge of the eaves; house frontage
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
great laughter; burst of laughter
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
cue (billiards, pool); cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)