buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
all present; all concerned; all of us
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
14th day of the month; 14 days
three generations; three periods; third generation
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
evening; early night hours
take care of yourself; get well soon
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
ancestor; forefather; foremother
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)
to be erected; to be built
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
every year; yearly; annually
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
even though it is not; despite not
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
to repeat; to do over again
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
five (long cylindrical things)
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
fields (of rice and other crops)