barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
small silk wrapper; small cloth for wiping tea utensils; crepe wrapper
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
same village; same town; same province
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
these days; now; recently
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
high-pitched; high in the instep
cell; serge; cel (celluloid)
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since