to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
... and eastward; east of
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
the same rank; equality; apposition
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
every year; yearly; annually
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
fireside; hearth; by the fire
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
lower seat; seat at bottom of the table
bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
beginning (of a century, etc.)
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
however; having said that; but
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
various places; several sources
Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression; classical poetic language (esp. of the Heian period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency