to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
Jeju (special self-governing province and island in South Korea)
Island; insula; island; islet
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
orphan; person without friends
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
remains; corpse; (dead) body
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to survive; to continue living; to escape death