to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
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)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
the opposite sex; isomerism
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
although I say; although one might say; although called
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
several people; a few people
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
hokora; small wayside shrine
abundant harvest; bumper crop
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to happen to hear; to overhear
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn