wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
library; book collection; paperback book
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
residing; living; dwelling
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
Capricornus (constellation); Capricorn; the Goat
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to jar; to creak; to grate
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
innocent; cherubic; childlike
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
stepwise; one step at a time
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to walk in on; to tread upon
determination; resolution
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
if so; in that case; in that situation
exactly as stated; verbatim
Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment