Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to face; to go towards; to head towards
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
businessman; industrialist
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to write well; to be a good writer; to wield a facile pen
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
hard struggle; strenuous effort
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
meaning; significance; sense
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid