very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
dwelling; house; residence; address
hills and fields; hill and dale
Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
at that time; in those days
at a young age; while still young
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
real world; outside world (e.g. the world outside of school)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid