to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
progress; advance; improvement; development
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
summer heat; hot weather; (arch.) heatstroke
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
the breakup (dispersal) of a family
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
curse; spell; malediction
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
confusion; mixing; merger
bento; Japanese box lunch
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
and then; and so; and; so then
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
later on; eventually; afterwards
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about