to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
in succession; one after another
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
high mountain; lofty peak
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
door-to-door manzai; form of comedy originally performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai
four-of-a-kind and a pair in a dealt hand
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
twice; again; second time
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
a few years ago; some years back
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
foster father; adoptive father
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations