comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
moisture; humidity; dampness
(period of) a year; during an era
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
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)
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
local downpour; severe rain fall
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
environment; circumstance
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
tendency; trend; inclination