user's manual; handling instructions
Kumano Highway (ancient pilgrimage route)
thinly made; slight build or stature
to roll up one's sleeves and get to work; to buckle down
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing
to starve (someone) to death
Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
the front of a building; facade
prohibition against women entering a sacred area
woman who has produced only daughters
religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)
Sanjō Sanetomi (1837-1891)
mild late autumn day (around November); mild late fall day
throwaway; disposable; single-use
loose; slack; gentle; easy; lenient; liberal
long day (esp. of spring)
autumn clouds; white, wispy clouds in a clear autumn sky
Three Main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin
one's deceased elder brother
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
very small (particularly of a room or flat)
tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess
hatcho miso; dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture
(ornamental) tip of a scabbard
owning nothing except the clothes on one's back