thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to thrust before; to thrust at
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
throughout; all through; right through
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
police officer; policeman; constable
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
firmly rooted; deep-seated
old couple; elderly couple
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
(written) work; book; writings
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
questions and answers; dialogue
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with