to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
(piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printed word; printed matter; print
heading; headline; index; headword
engineer; technical officer
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
Kyoto and Osaka; Kyoto-Osaka area
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to express (in words); to confess
to forget completely; to leave behind
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
thatching; thatch; thatched roof
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
to visit; to call on; (arch.) to make a noise
thought; consideration; thinking
reality; actuality; hard fact
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action)
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)