Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
pop-pop boat; toy boat with simple steam impeller
dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; pot used to cook such a dish
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
waste-water container (tea ceremony); slop jar; slop basin
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
custom; common practice; habit
exclusive line (communications); dedicated line
setting sail; leaving the shore, dock, etc.
locomotive depot; engine depot
tissue paper; toilet paper
place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire
joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; (lit.) third sector
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
fish salted and dried overnight
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
little by little; step by step
national paper; paper with a national circulation