Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
paper-covered lamp or lantern
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
pigment; paint; colour; color
English conversation; school for English conversation
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
shellfish; seashell; shell
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
round shape; circle; circular form
in a little while; in a bit
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)