地方: district, province, area / 痴呆: dementia

inaudible, quiet, silent / calm, tranquil / still, stopped and not moving / not busy

Setouchi Region: Region of Japan's inland sea (the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan) and coastal areas roundabout

local newspaper

(historiography) Chinese local chronicle

a house / one's own home / a home, household / a family

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

private; mine

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness