Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
legend; folklore; tradition
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
same family (race, tribe)
stopping place for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws (Edo period); highway resting place; wholesale rag dealer
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
warrior picture (genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
almost every day; almost daily
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
welcome; (warm) reception
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
of course; certainly; naturally
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
house where one was born; one's parents' house
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
(arch.) three-legged bronze vessel (used in ancient China)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)