one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Japan and Vietnam; Japanese-Vietnamese
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
warm country; warm region
imagination; supposition; guess
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
level ground; plain; flatland
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
heavy snow; heavy snowfall; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
that; he; she; that person
warm district; region of mild climate
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty poet and philosopher
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
be that as it may; even so; though that be so