collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
serious crime; grave crime
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
fortune-telling; divination
at first; in the beginning; originally
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
one's way back; one's way home
worst; worst-case (scenario)
sixth day of the month; six days
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
recreation; diversion; relaxation
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
celebration; auspicious occasion
marriage ceremony; wedding
modesty; humility; being humble
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
land route; overland route; by land; overland
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
anti-travel sickness (medicine)
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
everybody; every last one of them; all
room for female servants; room where there are women; jail for women