ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
please; somehow or other; one way or another
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
shingle roof; house with a shingle roof
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
considerably; greatly; a lot
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
both; both sides; both parties
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
state boundary; provincial boundary
sincere; earnest; serious
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
straight grain; quartersawn grain
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)