hyperesthesia; hypersensitivity
traditional Japanese musical instrument
tangible cultural properties
SuperBall scooping; festival game in which one scoops up rubber bouncy balls floating in water
person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
(arch.) Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles)
common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)
to establish; to formulate
to attract someone with food
Cancer (constellation); the Crab
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
secondhand book fair; antiquarian book market
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)
mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
closing time (library, museum, etc.)
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
footwear; footgear; shoes
insecticide; insect repellent
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)