calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
hard to reach place; remote place
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
had better ...; had better not ...
to bring along; to accompany
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
counter for books; volume
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
(period of) a year; during an era
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to order; to command; to appoint
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)