true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
religious abstinence; purification
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
every evening; every night
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
body and soul; mind and body
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
kitchen; financial situation
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
matter of time; question of time
to explain; to solve; to make clear
to torment; to torture; to harass
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
scattered here and there; at intervals
(one) letter; (one) character
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
either way; in any case; one way or another
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes