area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
Tottori prefecture (Chūgoku area)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
long ago; once upon a time
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
late at night; small hours of the morning
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered