custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
rash decision; jumping to a conclusion
eternity; infinitude; immortality
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
modern person; people of today
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
a long time ago; in those days
interpreter (in the Edo period)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
near; close; beside; third person
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
flag with a red circle on a white background; the Japanese flag
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for