national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
coined word; coinage; neologism
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
highly unpredictable; touch and go
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
telephone call; telephone (device)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
officiating (a ceremony); presiding (over a service)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
how; in what way; circumstances
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)