front; frontage; facade; main
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
food and alcohol offering to the gods
to dye in different colors (colours)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
physical work; manual labour (labor)
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
real thing; original; actual
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
on and after; from ... onward; since
working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
to happen to hear; to overhear
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
fleecy clouds (esp. cumulus clouds)
very interesting; of great interest
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard