family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
ashes (of the deceased); remains from cremation
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)