good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
finish; finishing; finishing touches
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
to bend; to warp; to curve
ukiyoe of beautiful women; bijin-ga
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
lying face down; upside down; prone
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush
picture painted by hand; painting (as opposed to a woodblock print); original painting; original drawing
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
rough sketch; design; cartoon
tattoo artist; tattooist; engraver; carver; sculptor
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
woodblock printer; person who prints using woodblocks (as opposed to the carver who carves them)
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original edition (of a publication)
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
facsimile edition; reprint
Sharaku (Edo period painter)
to breathe out; to exhale
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear