indefinite; unlimited; life imprisonment
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
getting nauseated; getting angry
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to approach; to draw near
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Western clothing; Western binding
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
rubbish heap; garbage dump
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
Asian skunk cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcense)
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
moisture; humidity; dampness
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day