twelfth day of the month; twelve days
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
each locality; each place; each region
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
extensive; vast range; wide scope
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
husband and wife; married couple
prefectural flower; floral emblem for a prefecture
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei