lull (e.g. in the rain); break
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
(medical) doctor; physician
sick person; patient; invalid
clerk; office worker; office staff
fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly; stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
spiritual awakening; resolution
flood; freshet; inundation
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to translate; to interpret
farmland; rice field or paddy
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
landowner; landlord; landlady
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand