piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
gesture; gesticulation; motion
high-quality plain-woven hemp cloth
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
unable to resist; unable to suppress
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
clinic; medical office; infirmary
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
doctor's assistance; doctor's assistant; locum tenens
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be burned out (of one's home)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)