duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
laundry; laundromat; launderette
resentment; indignation; anger
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
something like ...; something called ...
to turn completely into; to become completely
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
good-natured person; nice person
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
cannot be helped; unavoidable
scoundrel; rascal; villain
societal mood; social context
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
public indignation; anger (as a citizen)
(being) face to face; facing each other
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
shoji (paper sliding door)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to dye; to colour; to color
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
yuzen (dyeing method or pattern); silk printed by the yuzen process
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be engrossed; to be enthralled
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin