faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
explanatory; expository; elucidatory
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
making up a prescription; dispensing a prescription; preparing a medicine
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
finger; hands and fingers; hands
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
honorific title; honorific term of address
healer; clinician; physician; person who gives treatment; therapist
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
maternity room; delivery room
before childbirth; prepartum; antepartum
after childbirth; postpartum
half-term; half-time; half period
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry