surface of the earth; ground surface
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
that year; same year; same age
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
hills and fields; hill and dale
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
needlework; sewing; seamstress
large number (of); many; majority
place far from home; strange land; foreign country
each; (arch.) you (plural)
very much; very many; more and more
to be unwilling to go out
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
rented house; house for rent
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext
village headman; village mayor
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict
to stop talking; to be silent
to brandish; to flash; to display
the other day; some time ago; recently
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
innermost depths of one's heart
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to act young; to look young
grandfather; male senior-citizen
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars