to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
preparations for returning (home)
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister; bitch; Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture); Amazon (online retailer)
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis); yellow-spotted pit viper
traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
very loose; slowly; leisurely
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
fine weather during the rainy season
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster); garden eel
full of ingredients; hearty; substantial
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time