to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
religious-fund soliciting; Buddhist preaching
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
Jakarta; Java; potato (Solanum tuberosum); striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
war; fighting; fierce competition
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
calamity; misfortune; disaster
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
execution; punishment; spanking
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
highway route (Edo period); main route
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
almost every day; almost daily
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)