Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
biting into a whole fruit (esp. apple)
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
official name; formal name
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
supervisory auditor; member of inspection committee
official announcement; proclamation
100,000; hundred thousand
ordinance-designated city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 500,000)