six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
crescent moon; young moon
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
Kurashiki (city); storage charges
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
sedge hat and straw rain cape
packhorse; workhorse; hack
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
redeployment of arable land
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
arable land; plantation; farmland; fazenda; hacienda; large estate
soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
(water-filled) paddy field
dry riverbed; river beach
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
primary school; elementary school; grade school
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
interspersion; dotting (e.g. the countryside); studding
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
(Western-style) umbrella; parasol
covered in mud; mud-caked
with curious eyes; curiously
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress