drinking bout; merrymaking
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
Buddhist (household) altar
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
evening meal; dinner; supper
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
imprisonment; incarceration
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
as far as the eye can see
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
wood (for building); lumber; timber
to look old-fashioned; to be antique-looking
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
in the village; within the village
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)