river; stream; River; the ... river
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
discovery; detection; finding
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
people; men and women; each person; everybody
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
study; research; investigation
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
very likely; very probable
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)