to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
Buddhist (household) altar
door; gate; opening; title page
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
reading aloud; recitation; intoning
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to be mad; to go mad; to go insane
to order; to command; to appoint
possible; likely; probable
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
custom; habit; customary practice
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in