treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
monitoring equipment; observational instrument
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
natural light; unpolarized light
to rebuke; to scold harshly
regional cuisine; local cuisine
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
Nagano (city, prefecture)
covered in mud; mud-caked
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
above; going steadily upward
unique; peculiar; singular
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
the whole area; all areas
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
risk aversion; hedging; danger avoidance
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent