(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
person of high standing, with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
question to be settled first; first consideration
color blindness; colour blindness
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
feudalistic thought or thinking
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
not to be spoken of in the same breath; cannot be compared; defying all comparison; bearing no comparison; (lit.) not a same-day discussion
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
retrogression; degeneration; deterioration
hard worker; hardworking person
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
ignoring (someone); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
will not do; do not; does not
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better