slim figure; lean figure; weight reduction
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
while; during; while; although; all; both
house where one was born; one's parents' house
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
sending; forwarding; shipping
(former) imperial university
department (or school) of technology, engineering or science
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
to lean on; to rest against
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
the literary world; literary circles
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
illustrated news magazine; pictorial
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats