living room (Western style); sitting room
danger; peril; hazard; risk
standing tree; standing timber
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
pitch dark; total darkness
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
that; the matter in question
hills and fields; hill and dale
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners; small shrine
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to arrive; to come to pass
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
such ... as; or some such
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
large hanging paper lantern