beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
set of tools (implements); kit; outfit
boasting of one's hometown
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu; (arch.) salmon
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Japan's best; number one in Japan
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
Emperor Chuuai; Chuuai Tenno
the three Han nations (of ancient Korea)
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
founder; originator; pioneer
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
birth; creation; formation
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to