to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
developed country; advanced country
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
farmland; rice field or paddy
fields (of rice and other crops)
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
but; however; although; even though
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (incl. ex-convicts and vagrants); non-human
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
unmatched in history; unequaled in history
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
used article; worn-out article; veteran; old-timer; long-established (way, method, etc.); old
loitering on the way; wayside grass
very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace
civilized society; civilised society
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
honest (appearance); sincere (impression)
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking