point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
all over Japan; throughout Japan
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
the same age; same period
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
historic landmark; historic site; historic remains
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
one by one; one after another; successively
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
dry riverbed; river beach
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
(written) work; book; writings
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
section; cross section; profile
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself