rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
process; course; mechanism
leader; guide; mentor; coach
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
war; battle; match; game; competition
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
river management; river improvement; flood control
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
to construct an embankment
charming; fascinating; attractive
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
being dotted with; being scattered
counter for songs and poems
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
sphere; counter for balls
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji); southern mountain
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
castle town; fortified town