piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to say; to be called; to do
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
heir; inheritor; successor
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
head of family; originator
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to take over; to hand over