district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession
fat; tallow; lard; grease
consequence; outcome; result; blame
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
again and again; repeatedly
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
town girl; girl raised in a town
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
considerably; greatly; a lot
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst