yoke; constraints; oppression
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
vase; vase for floral offerings
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
Buddhist (household) altar
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
regarding highly; attaching importance to
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
national holiday; public holiday
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
planting; planting out; transplanting
to begin; to set about; to start
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
fortune-telling; divination
Okayama (city, prefecture)
Tottori (city, prefecture)
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
nonetheless; nevertheless
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)