onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
stealthily; secretly; in secret
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
first 10 days of the month
regular (customer); client who frequently visits the same prostitute
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
Katsura Kogorou (1833-77)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
under the influence of alcohol
to be smeared; to be covered
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
by myself; in person; by oneself
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
place for showering next to a tub
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
terrified; horrified; panicked
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
adopted daughter; foster daughter
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt