empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; pioneer; founder; originator
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
around the end of (a period of time)
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
(unusually) dry rainy season
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
emphasizes direct object of action
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
urban areas; the streets; town; city
main road; main thoroughfare
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
house; dwelling; human habitation
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to look angrily at; to look with anger in one's eyes
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement