homecoming; returning home
pair; two kinds; two ways
to have meaning; to be meaningful
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
for better or worse; right or wrong; for good or ill
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
half a ken (approx. 0.9 m); half-sized tatami mat
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
instead; but (on the other hand)
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
rich person; wealthy person
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
selling (real-estate) lots
building addition or extension; an annex
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
wide turn; detour; the long way around
to move (house); to change residence
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
since; henceforth; ever since
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Quanzhou (China); Chinchew
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
what number (in a sequence); what rank
island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)