Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
deserted village; poor village
to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to tape together; to stitch together
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds
Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
adopter; adopting parent or parents; adoptive parent or parents; foster parent or parents
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to entertain; to make welcome
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
Susukida Kyuukin (1877.5.19-1945.10.9)
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
treating someone like a child
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
if so; in that case; in that situation
interference; intervention; meddling
Masamune Hakuchou (1879-1962)
to be intimate with; to befriend
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation