the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
amount of snowfall; snow accumulation
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
localized (pain, rainfall, etc.); local
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
from ... to; between ... and; or
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
witnessing; observing; sighting
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
primary school; elementary school; grade school