native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
mutual financing association
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
murder; killing; murderer
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
endurance; perseverance; patience
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
phantom; vision; illusion
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
grove of the village shrine
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)