within the year; before the year is out
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
strictly; severely; rigidly
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
by the rules; in accordance with the regulations
eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryō official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
for that very reason; that is exactly why ...; as expected; just as one thought; sure enough
leading person; foremost figure
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
stranger; person from another place
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
full of troubles, difficulties
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
to throw away; to abandon
social; societal; societary
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
noted doctor; excellent physician
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge