precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
best regards; please take care of; please do
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
distress; wretched condition
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
mountain river; mountain stream
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
foreign; abroad; overseas
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to order; to command; to appoint
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
prohibition; ban; embargo
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
sphere; circle; range; category
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract