man of letters; literary man
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
in spite of; regardless of
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
red-horned demon; red ogre
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
reinforcement; strengthening
to settle (in a place); to settle down
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
old clothes; secondhand clothing
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
gray or silver haired (grey)
fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress
shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer; being left unresolved for a long time (e.g. a problem); being shelved
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
imitation pearl; fake pearl
to replace; to move; to change the position of
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
circuitous; roundabout; indirect