unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
practical; realistic; pragmatic
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
commerce; trade; business
cargo; freight; money or assets
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
separation; isolation; extrication; release; isolation
realistic; practical; feasible
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to