to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
congratulation; celebration
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
powderized green laver; blue-green algae (esp. Microcystis spp.); cyanobacteria; algal bloom; water bloom
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea perch; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
blue-green algae; cyanobacteria
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
tradition; legend; folklore
other; another; over; more than; I; me
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager