Ishikawa Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
first letter; first letters; initial
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
Mount Haku (mountain on the border of Ishikawa and Gifu Prefectures); Hakusan
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
marriage; marriage tie; love knot; spiritual connection (to a person, object); spiritual tie; fated connection
settler; colonist; immigrant
Aomori (city, prefecture)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
sunshade; blind; awning; parasol
animal heart (usu. grilled on skewers)
preface; introduction; preamble
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
working in the fields; working on a farm
difference; disparity; gap
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.); contemptible person; skunk; wretch
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
incisor (esp. in humans); grinding one's teeth; bruxism; gnashing of teeth
valid; effective; yuko (judo)