reduced to skin and bones
to look attractive; to look nice
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing
loving something but being very bad at it
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
dusky; somber light of a gathering dusk
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
gudgeon (any fish of genus Gnathopogon or related genera); willow gudgeon (Gnathopogon caerulescens); longtooth grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus bruneus)
bitterling (any fish of subfamily Acheilognathinae, esp. species Acheilognathus melanogaster)
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)