Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
loading; charging; filling
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
warp; curvature; curve; arch
dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
to perceive; to understand
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
certainly; surely; definitely
creak; squeak; creaking sound
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment