to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana
to close (one's eyes); to shut
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
at first; in the beginning; originally
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
everybody; every last one of them; all
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
Kagi; Chiayi (Jiayi), city and county in central Taiwan
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
great mountain; large mountain
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
basin (e.g. between mountains)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than