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 (handling, dealing with something); 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 (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 (from); 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)
research; study; investigation
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
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
achievement; feat; distinguished service; meritorious deed
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
second marriage; remarriage
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly