regular salary; basic salary; full pay
hot water used for cleaning up
large square winter shawl
to be chapped (e.g. skin)
to be born poor; to be born into poverty
first anniversary of a person's death
seventh anniversary of a death
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
to haul in hand over hand
first violin; first violinist
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
railroad construction work
burning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
something to wear; clothes
strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
inspection station; inspection centre
makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
young girl; daughter; unmarried girl
to adjoin each other; to be beside one another
terraced fields; terraced farm
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity