remote mountain; mountain recesses
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
last night; yesterday evening
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
agricultural community; farm village; rural
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning
foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
what people say; gossip; rumours; rumors
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
reform; reformation; reorganization
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
property; assets; fortune
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to leave something as it is
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
not worth considering; out of the question
foreign; abroad; overseas
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
another village; other villages
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
marshy rice field or paddy
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
education or school expenses
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
remittance; sending money
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter