ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
to remain unextinguished; to survive
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Tang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
inside; interior; inner part
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
manufactured article; work; (a) construction; structure
handle; mistress; kept woman; concubine
Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
black kite (Milvus migrans)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
straw lid covering either end of a rice container
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
fineness or coarseness; minuteness or roughness
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
interest (in something); enthusiasm
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
upper end; top; tip; top edge
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
example; specimen; sample
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction