hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
gas station; petrol station
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
naivete; simplicity; innocence
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
study; research; investigation
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
in the prefecture; prefectural
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
calm; composed; cool; quiet
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
spring water; clear (pure) water
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough