Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world; high rank
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to turn towards; to point
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
war; battle; match; game; competition
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to attack; to assault; to assail
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
wound suffered in a fight
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
on the occasion of; at the time of
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
many-sided; versatile; polygonal; diversified
reason; cause; history; origin
true character; true heart; true spirit
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person