hills and fields; countryside
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
selection; choice; picking out
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
wired; cabled; communication by wire
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
troops; group members; team members
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to get strong; to gain strength
to be lacking in options; to be too few
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
unpredictability; element of surprise
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
condition; figure; appearance; voice