system; institution; organization; organisation
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
delivery person (of food)
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
hungry ghost (preta) realm
taste; palate; sense of taste
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
last century; ancient times
layering; stratification; sheafification
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
too much; excessively; too
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
news; word; tidings; omen
confinement (for childbirth); bed used by a woman in childbirth; postpartum period; postnatal period
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
to dye fast; to leave undyed
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
traditional hairstyle worn by unmarried women
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid