shoji (paper sliding door)
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
Sanjusangen-do (hall in Kyoto)
to march in; to transfer; to send
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
common (of objects, abstract things); usual
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
book of registration; text of a play
title; index; heading; headline; caption
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
one day; (on) a certain day
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
pattern made from chrysanthemums with disordered petals (esp. used on family crests)
true character; real nature
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
published book; printed book
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari