painted maple (Acer mono)
tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
party clothes; evening clothes
wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
cordovan (type of leather)
style of writing; manner of writing
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
with shining, piercing eyes
cabriolet (soft-top convertible)
chapters and sections; chapter and verse
metasequoia; dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Independence Day celebration
Shōryaku era (990.11.7-995.2.22)
putting a name (self, company, etc.) on something (e.g. engraving, printing, etc.)
is never the case; has never happened
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back