Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
in the following manner; as follows
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
middle of the night; dead of night
great hurry; great haste; rush
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
I see; that's right; indeed
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved