occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
each house; every house; many houses
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
fertile; rich; productive
crops; agricultural produce
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
scooping loaches; catching loach in a net; loach-catching dance
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional