front; frontage; facade; main
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
prohibition; ban; embargo
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
shopping; purchased goods
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
wealthy and powerful family
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
these days; now; recently
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up