thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
national border; provincial border
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
one eye; one of one's eyes
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
chamberlain; castle keeper
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to count on one's fingers
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to sing someone's praises; to give someone a boost; (lit.) to carry a lantern
it's not like; it isn't as if
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
knotweed (Polygonaceae); jointweed; smartweed; water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
famous mineral water; famous spring; famous river
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord