December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
branch office; agency; sub-branch
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
beginning; outset; first; onset
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
meaning; significance; sense
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
nature; property; disposition
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
each; (arch.) you (plural)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
assistance payment; subsidiary aid
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
import; importation; introduction; afferent
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)