Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
Mt Tsukuba (in Ibaraki Pref.)
Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
mountain trail; path up a mountain
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
Spanish broom (Spartium junceum)
individual; one by one; separate; each
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
anything and everything; just about everything
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply