Oomori Hyouzou (1876.3.14-1913.1.15)
roadshow; touring exhibition; travelling exhibition
Hitomi Kinue (1907.1.1-1931.8.2)
counter for wheels and flowers
purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
suffering (from a calamity); affliction
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to lose heart; to become discouraged; to be crestfallen; to be utterly disheartened
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
consoling the spirits of the dead
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
temporary dwelling; temporary housing
situation; state of things; current affairs
how many times; how often
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
one's husband; one's wife