lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
the whole day; all the day
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
accumulation; accumulate; store
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
in order; in turn; one by one
to look around; to survey
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
spring day; spring sunlight
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
half a point (esp. in go)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away