(sensitive) the country (rural area), countryside / a remote area with a small population / something crude or unrefined

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

abuse; corrupt custom; bad habit

country bumpkin, hillbilly

(archaic) the country (rural area), countryside; a house in the countryside

small / narrow / ugly / ignoble, mean

disagreeable

learn

涸れる: to dry up / 枯れる: of a plant: to wither; to wilt; to die / 枯れる, 嗄れる: of one's voice: to become husky; to become hoarse

dead, dried leaf