rain dragon; mythical beast with yellowish green skin and red tail
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
hometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government
Hokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
thousand years; very long period; forever
hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
railroad; railway; rail transport
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
Higashikagawa City (Kagawa)
dried trepang; dried sea slug; dried sea cucumber
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to be needed; to be wanted
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
impossible; unlikely; improbable
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
please (give me); please (do for me)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
sitting with one's superior; in attendance
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
future (usually near); prospects
management; administration; operation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of