preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation
attendance; presence; appearance
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
alluvium; alluvial stratum
diluvium; diluvial formation
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
striking; remarkable; considerable
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
precocity; early ripening; premature development
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
to state; to express; to mention
voluntary; optional; free; elective
older brother; elder brother