Vocabulary

Miyagi (prefecture)

Iwate (prefecture)

Morioka (city in Iwate)

Akita (city, prefecture)

Aomori (city, prefecture)

Hirosaki (city in Aomori)

Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)

Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

Naha (city in Okinawa)

being tired of dealing with (or worrying over) the COVID-19 pandemic; pandemic fatigue

smile mask syndrome; state of constantly smiling and suppressing one's emotions

control line (e.g. model aircraft)

I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...

heat resistance

kiss cut (e.g. on a sticker); half cut

small lot (manufacture, etc.)

medium lot (manufacture)

large lot (manufacture); big lot

Mie (prefecture)

golden waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe chlorophana)

deboss; debossing

congestion caused by a traffic accident

incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league

Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)

Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)

Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)

Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)

Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)

Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture)

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)