both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
valuable (object); negotiable (instrument)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
emphasizes direct object of action
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
custom; practice; convention; precedent
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
improved strain; improved breed
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously