to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
fort; stronghold; fortification
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
hostile party; enemy side
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
condensed milk; Soviet Union
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
everywhere; all over; throughout
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
Toyama (city, prefecture)
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand