bridge designed to be underwater during a flood
regional revitalization; local revitalization
store buying and selling metal utensils and tools; hardware store; ironmonger's shop
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
rice cultivation; rice farming
(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
storm area (winds of 25mps or more)
municipal hospital; public hospital
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
country living; life in the country; country life
private clinician; physician in private practice
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
doctor's rounds (in hospital)
carving; engraving; chiselled features
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
doctor's visit; house call
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
rate; late; rating; ranking
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied