a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
Bungo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Bungo province; 732 CE)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
lost work; lost writings; partially lost work; literary fragment; work of a superior quality
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
village; hamlet; settlement
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
erudition; extensive learning
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
quiver (of arrows; box-shaped)
explanation; interpretation
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
cultivated land (field, garden, orchard, etc.)
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
southern part; the south (of a region)