variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
rusty color produced when black or purple clothes fade
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
light yellowish green; color of a freshly sprouted onion
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
(medical) doctor; physician
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era
acquisition of foreign currency
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to be into something (e.g. a hobby)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
being startled; getting a shock
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
type of jōruri recitation
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
thick makeup; heavy makeup
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things