fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
rikka; formal style of ikebana
white stone; white (go pieces)
certain; definite; clear; credible
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
to be too numerous; to be too much
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to be muddy; to be slushy
name; given name; first name
(one) letter; (one) character
manner of using one's hands
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
the Japanese syllabary symbols
to read (a book, etc.) over again
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth
letter by letter; character by character
reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
shellfish; seashell; shell
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
correction; revision; amendment
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
anything and everything; just about everything