tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
progress; advance; improvement; development
middle period; medium-term
Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
(political) administration; political power
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
existence; being; presence
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
rest; break; recess; intermission
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
your husband; her husband
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
old poem (esp. waka); old song
place far from home; strange land; foreign country
returning to one's village
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
money in one's possession
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan