death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
show tent; circus tent; freak show
the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain
resolute; determined; bold
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
tourism association; tourist association; tourism bureau
to give permission to marry
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)
realistic; graphic; true to life
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
alternation of generations
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
exchanging diary between friends (usually at school)
best friend; very close friend
general election (of the lower house)