top-hinged swinging window
bottom rim of cup or bowl
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
overly-detailed and tedious conversation; monotonous talk
usual; unchanging; eternal; same as always
high reputation; your esteemed opinion
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)
work opening; work position
Aichi University of Education
quiver (of arrows; box-shaped)
Kagawa Nutrition University
Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
mountain range; mountain system
to peel off and fall; to flake away
terraced or partitioned housing structure
piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor; agarikamachi
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
Iwaya Sazanami (1870.7.4-1933.9.5)
sake jar; jar containing alcohol
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
something rolled in paper; paper roll; cigarette
happy; cheerful; pleasant
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope