effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
foreign; abroad; overseas
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
slim; slender; slight; delicate
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
either way; in any case; one way or another
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
long johns; long underpants; long underwear
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
indispensable; essential; necessary
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)
enactment; establishment; creation