story; tale; talk; discussion
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
something; some kind of; for some reason
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
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)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
space (room, area, outer space)
in the course of one's duties
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
Burnes; Burns; Byrnes; Bahns
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
material; substance; matter
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
even more; still more; further