westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
information transfer; information transmission
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
open field; empty lot; plain
Syrah (wine grape variety); scilla (plant)
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
to not be taken seriously
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
long-term storage; long-term preservation
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
armaments; military preparations
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
to dry out; to become dry (and brittle); to go stale
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
craving for the limelight
(apportioning) in small amounts
that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me