at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
change in appearance; transformation
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
exhibition; display; putting on show
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
storage room; store room; lumber room
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for books; volume
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
study; research; investigation
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
student (esp. a university student)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
distinguished service; meritorious service
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
second marriage; remarriage
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final