kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
simplicity; unsophisticatedness
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to be faintly visible; to be barely visible
Jakarta; Java; potato (Solanum tuberosum); striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
be (that) as it may; having said that
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
moderate; proper; just right
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
serious look (on one's face); straight face
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to ponder; to contemplate
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
bedside; near one's pillow
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show