going in and out of style; changes in fashion
stupid idiot; total moron
to name; to call by name; to mention by name
large utensil stand (tea ceremony)
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium
integration (e.g. social); mixing; penetration
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
main course (of a formal meal); extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
Japanese cobra lily (Arisaema ringens)
porcelain making; ceramics making; pottery making
to strip to one's waist; to go at with might and main
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment
suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)
official permission; government licence (license)
travel agent; travel agency
an old woman's gray hair; old woman with white hair
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
to twist a thread; to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability