collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
follower; attendant; valet; servant
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
(present) head of a family
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
fourth month of the lunar calendar
two persons; two people; pair; couple
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
eastern part; the east (of a region)
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
fishing industry; fishery
chief; main; principal; important
occupation; calling; livelihood
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
of course; certainly; naturally
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
power; authority; influence