indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
simply; merely; only; solely
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to be helpful; to be useful
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
construction; establishment
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
in the following manner; as follows
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
northern part; the north (of a region)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
Island; insula; island; islet
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)