Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
folk beliefs; folk religion
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
general idea; concept; notion
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
perpetuation of one's descendants
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
hokora; small wayside shrine
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
very interesting; of great interest
another time; some other time
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
tattling; telling on (someone)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
friction; discord; strife
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action