notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
incessant working; working non-stop
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
separation; farewell; parting
sunlight; rays of the Sun
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
unexpectedly; surprisingly
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
rational; reasonable; logical
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol
reduced scale; scaling down
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
exclusive economic zone; EEZ
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
Oyashio Current; Kurile Current; Okhotsk Current
junction line between two sea currents; line where two ocean currents meet; course of things; turning point
Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
beginning; start; first moxa treatment
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)