by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
that is to say; so that means
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
large truck; semi-trailer
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
all over Japan; throughout Japan
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
to run through; to run past
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland