(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
ringworm (of the scalp); tinea capitis
atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
hidden meaning; symbolism; moral
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
sharply; harshly; stingingly
high-pitched; high in the instep
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
common; in the usual course
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry