Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
speech; manner of speaking
to happen to have on hand or in stock
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
relaxed; easygoing; leisurely; nonchalant (during an emergency); unconcerned; unperturbed
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
national border; provincial border
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
even though it is not; despite not