winter vacation; winter holidays
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
separate; respective; different
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
in the following manner; as follows
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
light music; popular music
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
word for word; verbatim; literally
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
common knowledge; well-known fact
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
weightlifting; weight lifting
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
an age (ago); a long time (ago); a decade (ago)
way in the past; two (or so) decades (ago)
movement (political, social, artistic, etc.); movement (of a clock or watch); movement (impression of motion); movement