pine needle; small gift; souvenir
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
New Year's pine decoration
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
Minamiazumigun'adzumimura
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; pioneer; founder; originator
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
growing wild (naturally); native
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
surname; family name; last name
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
chair; stool; post; office; position
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign