reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
book or document and its supplement
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to arrive home; to return
Shikitei Sanba (novelist) (1776-1822)
barbershop; barber shop; barber
The Bathhouse of the Floating World (humorous book by Shikitei Sanba)
to come into being; to be born
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
Tamenaga Shunsui (1790-1843)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
Ryuutei Tanehiko (1783-182) (alias Takaya Hiroshirou)
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
globally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level
adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
to capture public interest; to enjoy popularity
Ueda Akinari (1734.7.25-1809.8.8)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
spring water (from melting snow)
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
novel idea; strange theory
stringing a bow; person who strings bows; crescent moon; paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
bottom current; undercurrent
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
solemn; grave; impressive
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese