Nagano (city, prefecture)
Ogino method (of birth control); rhythm method
Asian melastome; Melastoma candidum
defecating outdoors; faeces lying on the ground (feces)
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
open-air tea ceremony; aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin; something standing in the open
wild grape; wild grapevine; ampelopsis
hills and fields; hill and dale
in the open; the open air
① 野の面。② 切り出してから加工されていない石の肌。荒石の表面。③ 恥を知らない顔。
I don't care what happens (after this)
burning off a field (in early spring)
outing; picnic; excursion
① 早春に野焼きをしたあとの野原。春の季語。② 大規模な火災で焼き尽くされ荒廃した地域。
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Three Main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
Ogino method (of birth control); rhythm method
Ogino method (of birth control); rhythm method
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
hinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)
night-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine
Ogino theory (basis of the rhythm method)
outing to the fields and mountains
three main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
outdoor gambling; gambling outdoors