Mary Jane (shoe style); Mary Jane (adult anime brand)
very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
menstruation; menses; period
painted kite; kite with a picture painted on it
to separate and discard; to sieve and sort; to wash out (impurities, etc.)
social educational facilities; community center
silent (esp. of the passing of the night); piercing (cold)
twig tea; stem tea; kukicha
eraser dust; eraser shavings; eraser crumbs
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)
dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
yaki-fu (baked wheat gluten) cut in ring-shaped slices (Niigata specialty)
monokini; one piece swimsuit with an exposed back; bikini briefs
to read volume by volume; to go on reading
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight times; the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life