doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
tail (animal); tail end; tip
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
source (of a river, etc.)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
second generation; second; junior
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to keep watch; to stand guard
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to employ; to hire; to charter