to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
Nagano (city, prefecture)
platform; home; home base; home plate
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
bento; Japanese box lunch
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
all present; all concerned; all of us
to gather; to collect; to assemble
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
in that way; thus; so; so?
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
it is not (like that) either
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to look away; to avert one's eyes
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage