Meanings

don't complain until the job is finished

on the road

side

special kana usage rules of the Nara period

cursive kanji form used as a syllabary (Heian period)

Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)

having exposed roots

kamigata-e

ground-level station

elevated station

diagonally upward

to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby)

Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

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

drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)

colored wood-free paper (coloured)

distribution transformer

sleeping on the road (because of intoxication)

high-quality article

top-quality article