the New Year begins; the New Year starts
Nagano (city, prefecture)
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
finger marks; dirt from the hands
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
loose (of clothing); loose-fitting; plenty (of pouring a liquid); sloshing about (e.g. of water in one's stomach)
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
different planet; another planet
to tie; to fix; to attach
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
welcome!; nice to see you!
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means