thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
the teaching profession; education of laity
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
primeval forest; virgin forest
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
going to the United States
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
false news; canard; fabricated news story; misinformation; fake news
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
religious history; history of religion
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis