black and white; right and wrong
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
to be out of; to have no more at hand
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
excursion; outing; picnic
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
fresh verdure; new green leaves
death (of a nobleman, etc.)
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
Buddhist memorial service
image of (an ideal) person
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
highest-ranking blind court official; temple administrator; shrine administrator; administrator of a manor; (arch.) inspection; (arch.) inspector
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every