user's manual; handling instructions
Kumano Highway (ancient pilgrimage route)
thinly made; slight build or stature
to roll up one's sleeves and get to work; to buckle down
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing
to starve (someone) to death
Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
the front of a building; facade
prohibition against women entering a sacred area
woman who has produced only daughters
Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica)
Nakayama Tadamitsu (1845.5.18-1864.12.13)
religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)
Sanjō Sanetomi (1837-1891)
mild late autumn day (around November); mild late fall day
throwaway; disposable; single-use
mudra (symbolic hand gesture)
Kiyokawa Hachirou (1830.11.24-1863.5.30)
loose; slack; gentle; easy; lenient; liberal