fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
annals; chronicle; chronology
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to become empty; to be emptied
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
epidemic; plague; pestilence
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to feel; to sense; to experience
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
district; section; sector
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
fertile; rich; productive
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively