combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
for example; for instance; e.g.
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platura); yellowbelly sea snake; pelagic sea snake
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
all companies; each company
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
modesty; self-control; discretion
day of the Boar in the month of the Boar (the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)
breeding (of plants or animals)
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
autumn at harvest time; fall at harvest time
to mow; to reap; to harvest
first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
close-cropped hair; harvesting