circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
district; section; sector
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
ash; embers; complete destruction
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
matter for mutual congratulation
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to go to see (something); to attend (e.g. game, performance)
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
sidelocks; hair at the temples
hives; nettle rash; urticaria
spring day; spring sunlight
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
all night long; all through the night
action of making something; -ification
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)