Vocabulary

Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

collection of (famous) quotes; collection of sayings; analects

conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)

French popular music; French pop

crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment

dad; daddy; papa; father

mom; mommy; mama; mother

to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled

Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture)

Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)

Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)

Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)

Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)

Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)

Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)

Rikuchū (former province located in present-day Iwate Prefecture and parts of Akita Prefecture)

Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

director's cut

amusement facility

Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)

six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū