kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
to cover fully; to wrap around
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
stock-farming; cattle breeding
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
mixed planting; mixed typesetting
seedling; sapling; young tree
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
growing wild (naturally); native
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)