care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
agricultural machinery and equipment
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato; man from Kagoshima
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
mediation; good offices; go-between; building a bridge
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
very young; little; childish; immature
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to grow up; to become an adult
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
because of; owing to; due to
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
treating someone like a child
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
being left out; being ostracized