is that so? (generally rhetorical)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
very popular; highly favoured
royalty and titled nobility
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
art works, traditional artifacts and antiques; artistic handicrafts; decorative art
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
going through; going via; going by way of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to run about; to rush about
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
to increase; to add to; to augment