to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal; to leave (one's footprints, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
every street corner; every crossing
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers
arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised)
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
carp streamer; carp banner
stairwell; atrium; streamer; pennant
streamer; pennant; windsock
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
Brahma (Hindu god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
bulky (e.g. clothing); ungainly; heavy; poorly hit; weak
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
barbershop; barber shop; barber
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
three persons; three parties
using as an intermediary; through
onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)
to put on heavy makeup; to powder heavily; to paint thickly; to paint beautifully
Brahman; Brahma; Brahma; Hindu creator god; Sanskrit
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor