hunting; shooting; game; quarry
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
information; news; intelligence
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
outside the city area; suburbs
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
Western cultivar; Western variety; Western breed
selling (real-estate) lots
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to rank next to; to come after
relatively; comparatively
Okamoto Kidou (1872.11.15-1939.3.1)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
Shikitei Sanba (novelist) (1776-1822)
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
picture painted by oneself; self-portrait
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
building lot; residential land
place; room; margin; scope
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to look stupid; to have a critical lack