nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
traditional art; traditional performance art
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
strange festival; odd festival
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
several sheets (flat objects)
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to check; to stop; to keep back
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
lost property; something dropped and left behind
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
quantity or volume of water
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
accurate; correct; precise; exact
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away