being exposed to radiation; radiation exposure
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
nuclear power plant accident; nuclear accident
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
oblique line; forward slash
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
premature joy; short-lived elation
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
to be too late (to be of use)
cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
tingling; stinging; pungently
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
shoji (paper sliding door)
carving; engraving; chiselled features
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
that kind; competition; match
to cut one's hand; to cut one's connections (with); to break off relations (with); to cut ties (with)
disinheritance; disowning
pure heart; naivete; innocence
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
thick rice gruel; soft cooked rice