tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
rice threshing; rice thresher
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
being adopted into the family of one's bride
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
end of the year or season; year end
stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool
district; section; sector
each; (arch.) you (plural)
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)