plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
storehouse; warehouse; godown
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
chilly; unpleasantly cold
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
inn town; post town; post-station town
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
external; superficial; outward; surface
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence