rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to cease; to stop; to be over
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
operation; functioning; running
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
the last moment; the very end
pride; boast; credit (to)
senior high school; high school
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
greeting; a fine thing to say
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
considerably; greatly; a lot
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
somehow; for some reason or other
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)