secret language; code word; argot
postwar period; period after Second World War
returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
feudal decree; edict by a daimyo
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
as if it were about oneself
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
person who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man
(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
neighboring village; neighbouring village
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position