foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
Kurashiki (city); storage charges
transport; transportation
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
storage center; deposit; depository; repository; warehouse
to take up one's residence
to call in; to invite; to bring in
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
excavation; cutting; digging
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
strange; rare; novel; curious
to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out
exclusive; antiforeign; xenophobic
demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
act; deed; one's doing; cause; reason
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
human pillar; human sacrifice
custom; habit; customary practice
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
complete Buddhist scriptures
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
Yōwa era (1181.7.14-1182.5.27)
in history; ever; historical
rare; extraordinary; singular
(death from) starvation; starving to death
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
cold-weather damage (to crops)