to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "dzu"; "da" column or row of the kana syllabary
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
bride; one's daughter-in-law
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
serious; not joking; straight
Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
older sister; elder sister
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
people from one's hometown
those (near the second person)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
firmly rooted; deep-seated
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care