dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
Buddhist (household) altar
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
to well up; to burst; to arise
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
stroller; buggy; pushchair
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
in that way; like that; that way
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
violent emotion; passion; fury
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
sympathy; empathy; response
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
recollection; reminiscence
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
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
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)