quilting; quilted coat; quilted clothes
training clothes (judo, kendo, etc.); practice suit
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
great numbers; numerical superiority
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
corridor; hallway; passageway
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
the present year; at that time
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
early on; earlier on; from early
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
difficult to ...; hard to ...
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...