to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
picking; collecting; harvesting
surroundings; environs; circumference
Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
in the mountains; among the mountains
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
body of a snake; serpentine
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to ask; to enquire; to query
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
postpartum; after childbirth
madness; craziness; insanity
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances