(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
to lend a hand; to render assistance; (lit.) to bare one shoulder
inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
something or other; anything
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
lesser councilor of state; lesser councillor of state; minor councilor; minor councillor
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
occasional; infrequent; rare
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
mousseline de laine; mousseline; light woollen fabric
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
decoration; ornament; trimmings
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by