rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
haori coat decorated with one's family crest and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
worn-out shoes; worn-out socks
strong independent Japanese woman from the Kochi area
old fashioned-style ice cream (icecream)
margin for a seam; seam allowance
(someone else's) daughter
soaking (dirty laundry, dishes etc., before washing)
sewing scissors; dressmaker's shears
Japanese dressmaking; kimono making
katakana word; word written in katakana
kindergarten entrance ceremony
(arch.) to rub into; to train for; to prepare for
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
bags and purses (handbags)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
one-stroke sketch; unicursal
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
anger; being angry; being mad
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
mix-up; mistake; misunderstanding
brandling (when used as fishing bait)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
canvas; duck; sailcloth; burlap; sackcloth
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate