one's impression of a product after trying it out; feel of a product (during use); usability; signs of use (of a product); wear and tear
engraved with the name of the maker (e.g. on a sword)
good family; respectable family; decent family
one's family (home) background (environment)
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
wintry desolation; poor business conditions
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
Basic Instinct (1992 film)
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
late winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
wicked tongue; abusive language
likability; favorability; popularity
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
impression given by a painting or image
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
backward somersault; backward roll