obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
nothing but; except; no more than
cutting of hair (to a short length); haircutting; bobbed hair; bob
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
how much; how many; to what extent
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
new building; annexe; annex
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
water plant; seaweed; algae
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
diving; submerging; going underwater
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to point (gun at); to hold under one's nose
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife