continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
any time now (waiting, hoping for something to happen)
Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)
impressed (glued) gold or silver foil on traditional Japanese fabric; type of noh costume
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus
cheek rouge; blusher; blush
thin udon noodles (served chilled)
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
clothing that exposes the shoulders
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
to pull down; to haul down
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
pictures on (room) partitions
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
planta; planta pedis; sole of the foot
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
releasing without indictment