oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
branch office; police box; local police station
storehouse; warehouse; godown
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
moonrise; rise of the Moon
shop; small store; business; firm
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
Nagano (city, prefecture)
Kagi; Chiayi (Jiayi), city and county in central Taiwan
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
example; illustration; precedent
rapids; shallows of a river
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
to face; to go towards; to head towards
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
rising; ascending; climbing
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
discrimination; discernment; identification
two persons; two people; pair; couple
pale; pallid; bluish-white
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade