or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
neighboring village; neighbouring village
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
endorsement (of a cheque, bill, etc.); verification of authenticity (written on the back of a scroll); certificate of authenticity; note written on the back of a scroll; comment; proof
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
to work as; to pursue as a vocation
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
hillside farm; fallow ground
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
assorted grains; cereals; millet
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
lowly person; lowliness; I
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
to make a living; to earn a livelihood
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
building lot; residential land
rice tax (ritsuryō system); rice levy; tax on rice fields; annual tribute; annual tax
something like ...; something called ...
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy