Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
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)
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
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
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
little by little; step by step
national paper; paper with a national circulation
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
establishment; foundation
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)