master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
while; even though; despite
member of shogun's council of elders
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
Aomori (city, prefecture)
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
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows