whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
cult of Inari; worship of the deity Inari
huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop
extensive; vast range; wide scope
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
one thin flat object; one sheet
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
giving up or abstaining from tea
benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Kanjaku
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp