to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
wheat straw; barley straw
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
what do you want?; can I help you?
farmers' market; farm shop
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
heap; pile; stack; full measure
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
indeed; really; truly; very much
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
unless one ...; if one does not ...
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
but; however; even though; even if
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
head of a sleeping person
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
mud; muddy; covered in mud
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation