invitation; introduction; temptation
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
quarrelsome; easy to anger
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
excursion; outing; picnic
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed
drop (e.g. of water); drip
decoration; ornament; trimmings
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
in this manner; in this way; like this
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
to have one cup of sake after another
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season