(United States of) America; USA; US
penalty; sentence; punishment
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
medical treatment; medical care
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
10^20; 100,000,000,000,000,000,000; hundred quintillion
kanji "vehicle" radical at left
to call each other; to call out to one another
stubborn; obstinate; self-willed; headstrong
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)
Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
destination (one is heading towards); goal
the other day; a few days ago
tweeting (of a bird); chirping; noisily (talking)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
foreign car; imported car; paddle wheel
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
lord of a manor; estate steward
turning sideways; landscape orientation
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality