blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to give oneself airs; to be prudish
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
vulgarity; worldliness; worldly ambition
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
art of drawing and painting
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base