recollection; reminiscence
yearning; longing for; deep affection
encumbrance; burden; drag
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
(scattered) spots; specks; speckles
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
serial; serialized novel; serialised novel
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; spanning (incl. partial start and end periods)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
Okayama (city, prefecture)
splish-splash; with a splash
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
river; stream; River; the ... river
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
as (one) walks on, and on
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
be (that) as it may; having said that
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)