towards;  against;  regarding;  in contrast with
 local referendum;  poll of residents;  plebiscite
 popular will;  will of the people
 support;  backing;  aid;  assistance
 life;  existence;  (one's) working life;  career;  life force;  lifeblood
 Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture);  Awaji (island)
 easily (reach, exceed, etc.);  comfortably;  amply;  fully;  well over
 Hyogo (prefecture);  armory;  armoury;  arsenal
 earth;  ground;  place;  territory;  bottom (of a package, book, etc.);  earth (one of the five elements)
 northward;  facing the north;  nobleman's true wife
 carapace;  shell;  1st in rank;  grade A;  instep;  back of hand
 mountain range;  mountain belt
 to extend;  to stretch out;  to attend;  to participate in;  to enrol;  to enroll
 as a child;  when one was a child;  childhood
 maiko;  apprentice geisha;  dancing girl
 untiringly;  persistently;  without losing interest
 to dive (into or under water);  to get under;  to get into;  to hide oneself (esp. from the government);  to conceal oneself
 cheap;  rash;  thoughtless;  careless
 to prick;  to stab;  to poke;  to prod;  to use (a cane);  to prop oneself up with
 handling cargo;  loading and unloading
 actual spot;  scene (of a crime, accident, etc.);  (on) site;  (on) the ground;  filming location;  (movie) set
 bag;  sack;  skin of an orange (and other like fruits);  dead end;  plot of land surrounded by water
 soya bean (Glycine max);  soybean;  soy
 shrewdly;  smartly;  calculatingly;  astutely;  cunningly
 property accumulation savings
 quantity;  amount;  volume;  number;  amount of money
 taking;  taker;  last performer of the day (usu. the star performer);  last performance of the day;  active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration);  emphatic or formal prefix
 Mt.;  Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
 rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
 hoe-shaped helmet crest;  stag beetle
 writing composed entirely of kana;  kana text
 as many as one likes;  as much as one likes;  great many;  plenty;  almost (none);  (not) much
 railway station;  train station;  staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan);  counter for railway stations and bus stations
 opposite side;  bottom;  rear;  back;  lining;  inside;  in the shadows
 tenement house;  row house
 counter for buildings (esp. houses);  suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
 (United States of) America;  USA
 seasoning;  flavoring;  flavouring;  condiment