hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
to come back; to bloom a second time
flash (of light); glint; schiller
episode; anecdote; vignette
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
person of high rank or position
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
ritual; religious service; festival
various religions; various teachings; various sects of Buddhism
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
contradiction; inconsistency
immanence; inherence; indwelling; intrinsic (cause)
accession (to the throne)
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
(water-filled) paddy field