local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
bringing; taking; carrying
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
journal; magazine; periodical
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
drop (e.g. of water); drip
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
exotic non-Japanese wood (rosewood, ebony, blackwood, etc.); imported wood
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to that extent; so (much)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
Northern Wei dynasty (of China; 386-535)
print from stone; rubbing; rubbed copy
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
better than none at all; better than nothing
kimono fabrics shop; draper
selection; choice; option
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland