indeed; really; truly; very much
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
steamship; steamboat; steamer
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
high and low; rise and fall
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
development project (program, programme, plan)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
cooperation; collaboration
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
Saitama (city, prefecture)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
woman employed in a restaurant, teahouse or teahouse offering sexual services
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
rosefinch (any finch of genus Carpodacus); monkey
flowing south (e.g. of a river)