how long; how far; how much
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
mil (one thousandth of an inch); mill
Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
to say; to be called; to do
Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)
to face on; to look out on to
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
Indigofera pseudotinctoria (species of legume)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou; Kwangchow; Canton (China)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)