wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
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
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
fresh, young ears of rice; lush ears of rice
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
river; stream; River; the ... river
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Fukushima Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
non-leap year; average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.); normal year
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
heavy snow; heavy snowfall; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
straight; upright; erect; all; completely; thoroughly
tip of a stem (of a plant)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine