home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
day laborer; day labourer; journeyman
here and there; in places
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
surname; family name; last name
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
pattern resembling that of arrow feathers
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
Nagano (city, prefecture)
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
popular person; star; favourite; popular geisha
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)