confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
water's edge; beach; shore
water's edge; beach; shore
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
running through; traversal
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
national defence; national defense
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
underground; subterranean
burying in the ground; having underground deposits
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
footprints; trail (of someone)
everywhere; all over; throughout
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
small number; few; minority
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
transferring (to another ship, etc.)
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
cold weather in early spring
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
contrast; antithesis; comparison
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
dense; populous; crowded; thick
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year