to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
summary; generalization; generalisation
taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism
incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
road mirage; water mirage
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
journey; route of a journey
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus); burning bush; winged euonymus
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
around the end of (a period of time)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
souvenir from the mountains
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
beyond that point; after that
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
surroundings; environs; circumference
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious