to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
ancient Shinto music and dancing
three days and three nights
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
originating; causing; beginning
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
secondary meaning; of secondary import
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
deceiving; cheating; fooling
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
zest for living; energy to live
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...