whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
results; record; grades; marks
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
every year; yearly; annually
seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)
(not) even once; (not) ever
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
older sister; elder sister
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
Tōkyō Nichinichi Shimbun (1872-1943, became the Mainichi Shimbun)
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
when it becomes; when it comes to
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to divide into three (parts); to trisect
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
brackish water; brine; salt water
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like