one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
while alive; during one's lifetime
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
the deceased; the departed
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
Japanese rhodea (plant of the lily family); Rhodea japonica
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
alone; unaided; away from home
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
one by one; one each; one at a time
distress; anguish; mental suffering
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
natto (fermented soybeans)
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
coexistence; living together
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
blood relationship; blood relative
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
the last days; the final years; the last generation
banknote; bill; note; paper money
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
mass psychology; mob psychology; crowd psychology; herd mentality; group mind
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town