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)
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
continuation; succession; series
no-good woman; (female) loser
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
as a child; when one was a child
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to state; to express; to mention
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
standing close together; bristling (with)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
not yet known; unknown; strange
living thing; organism; creature; biology
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
government; administration
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing