favourite book; favorite book
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
fragrant wood; wooden peg; toggle
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
spring day; spring sunlight
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
happiness and prosperity; Fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
second month of the lunar calendar
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
to say; to be called; to do