loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
westward trip; trip to the West
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to think too much; to be over-concerned
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to water down; to dilute with water
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
Buddhist (household) altar
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
paste form; paste-like consistency
offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore
to give by tossing or throwing
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim