Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
image; figure; figure; form; image
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
originally; by nature; from the start
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
(religious) faith; belief; creed
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
Japanese person; Japanese people
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to assemble; to set up; to construct
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
(political) power; authority; influence
hostility; antagonism; opposition
trouble; quarrel; dispute
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for