restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
sewing scissors; dressmaker's shears
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
to take away; to carry away
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
husband and wife; married couple
region; limits; stage; level
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
piled stones; stacked stones; foundation stone; cornerstone
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
completion; perfection; accomplishment
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
dry riverbed; river beach
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; (arch.) second marriage; (arch.) remarriage
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
mountain trail; path up a mountain
funeral performed for someone while they are alive; living funeral
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
unique; original; individual; unusual
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
sense of humor; sense of humour
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)