talk; story; conversation
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)
(as used in Northern Japan) greenling; (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
that day; the very same day
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
lagoon; inlet; creek; tidal beach; tidal flat
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
district meteorological observatory
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
the same place; that place
Tonankai earthquake of 1944
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)