close-haul; reach; reefed sail
course of a river; land along a river
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
endpaper (of a book); end-paper; facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment); looking back; triumphing over (a rival)
to forsake one thing for another
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to say; to tell; to state; to do
(Edo-period) town magistrate
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
(another person's) younger sister
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)
light brown; golden brown
nap; doze; short sleep; staringly; fixedly
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
drawing; painting; picture
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
difficult problem; challenge
to fold (one's) arms; to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar