hard to reach place; remote place
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
noted product; local specialty
type of yarn-dyed silk goods
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
foreign enemy; outside invader
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
coquette; flirt; vamp; minx; tease
elopement; running away with a lover
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister; bitch; Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture); Amazon (online retailer)
seeing in the dark; night vision
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; in any case; (lit.) whether you laugh or cry
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?