Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
very much; exceedingly; extremely
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
fields (of rice and other crops)
that is to say; so that means
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
heather (plant); heath; heath; heathland
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
losing weight; slimming; lean person
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
the place for; the time for; the level of
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to clamber (up); to scale
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber