kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
new edition; new compilation; new formation (of a force, unit, etc.); new organization
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
earnestly; immediately; exactly
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
together; at the same time; same; identical
to accept; to receive; to agree
history; pedigree; lineage
preface; introduction; preamble
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
holding one's ground; defending local authority
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
corruption; bastardisation
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
large capital; enormous fund
to understand; to comprehend