Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
unvoiced consonant (except p) in Japanese
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
voiced consonant in Japanese
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form; designs and objects with a wavy pattern; sweet mochi cake
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
female private parts; female genitals
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
in proportion to; just as much as
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
field mouse; meadow mouse
ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
deity of rice fields and harvests
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for