service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
virginity (of a female); maidenhood
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
circulation; dissemination
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
agricultural community; farm village; rural
physical condition; state of health; shape
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
destination (one is heading towards); goal
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
fields (of rice and other crops)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray