ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
living god; saintly person
charging with gunpowder; charge of gunpowder
damper; dance party; dance partner
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
band; zone; range; bandwidth
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
overcoming; conquering; surmounting; getting over
pressure from an explosion; blast pressure; shock wave
new development; new discovery
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me
cannon; carom (billiards); cannon
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
armed group; armed insurgents
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
menarche; first menstruation
decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation
uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness
how long; how far; how much
Japanese food; Japanese meal
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start