entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
very interesting; of great interest
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
(Edo-period) account book
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to approach; to draw near
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
index finger; forefinger; second toe
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years