most part; greater part; majority
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
product; produce; result; fruit
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
hills and fields; hill and dale
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
form; shape; figure; visage
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
to repeat; to do something over again
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
confusion; mixing; merger
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
very much; exceedingly; extremely