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