to treat leather, sharkskin, etc. with glue and pound until hard
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
contract; compact; agreement
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
well versed; thorough knowledge
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
immanence; inherence; indwelling; intrinsic (cause)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
command; lead; generalship; leadership
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
half and half; fifty-fifty
harm; evil; poison; blight; harmful influence
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona
endurance; perseverance; patience
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe