traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
preparation; arrangements
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
low dining table; tea table
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to become better; to improve
(United States of) America; USA
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
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
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
joint together; opposite; facing
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication