death; the next world; to pass away; to die
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
snowy; covered in deep snow
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
agricultural community; farm village; rural
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
almost every day; almost daily
to forget completely; to leave behind
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
Buddhist memorial service
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
journal; magazine; periodical
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
article; news story; report; account
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to scrape off; to shave off
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
only recently; just of late
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)