good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
unknown; obscure; insignificant
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
(religious) faith; belief; creed
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
-less; lacking; non-existing
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; song in praise of the Buddha
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
Japanese person; Japanese people