puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
to bury; to embed; to implant
shopping area within a train station
society; public; community; social studies
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
professor; teaching; instruction
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
solitude; loneliness; isolation
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation