fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
(political) administration; political power
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
early (days); initial stage; initial
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
rest; break; recess; intermission
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
your husband; her husband
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
olden-day; hidden in the past
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
old poem (esp. waka); old song
another place; foreign country
returning to one's village
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
money in one's possession
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
regional administrator (pre-Taika hereditary title)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
image; figure; figure; form; image