middle volume (in set); volume two (of three)
tear; rip; breach; break; hole; crack
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
tea plantation; tea field
simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
fact; truth; understanding; consideration
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
one after another; in succession
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
ward office; council (regional)
ventilation fan; extractor fan
cooking class; cookery school
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash