to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
blending of Japanese and Western styles
nowadays; in this day and age
as; because; with; due to
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
our country; our land; one's own country
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
leader; central personage
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
statue of a noble character; your picture
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique