C4 plant (any plant, such as corn, that uses C4 carbon fixation)
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
Namihira Emiko (1942.11-)
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
youngster; young and immature person
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
Hansen's disease; leprosy
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
hills and fields; countryside
concealment; suppression; hiding
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
arrogant; haughty; calm; placid
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
such; like that; that sort of; very