sedge hat and straw rain cape
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
genuine article; real thing; real deal
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
training; education; development; cultivation
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
place of scenic beauty; scenic spot; beauty spot
beautiful custom; fine custom; good custom
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
our country; our land; one's own country
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
of course; certainly; naturally
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Sharaku (Edo period painter)
(medical) doctor; physician
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly