formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
men's hairstyle with small sideburns and a wide forehead (Edo period)
progress; advance; improvement; development
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
condition; figure; appearance; voice
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
considerably; greatly; a lot
paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)
indigo-dyed paper; indigo paper; spiderwort-dyed paper
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
large hanging paper lantern
inking the outlines of a picture
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars