grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
banknote; bill; note; paper money
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to peddle (goods); to hawk
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
several years; a few years
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
thrifty; frugal; economical
government office; government agency; authorities
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
general term; generic name
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
improvement; amelioration
co-sleeping; sleeping together
in this manner; in this way; like this
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
fully armed; armed to the teeth
period of time; time slot; time zone
little grey cells (in reference to Hercule Poirot's catchphrase); intellect; brainpower
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake