Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
being left out; being excluded; being ostracized
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker
large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker
to wipe out; to put an end to
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
from ... to; between ... and; or
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
gaiters; leggings; puttees
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate