Kazuo Ishiguro (1954.11.8-)
kimono shop; kimono store
badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant
turning thirty and therefore becoming independent; at thirty, one stands on one's own
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
collared; having a collar; (appearance of) one's collar when wearing multiple kimonos; (arch.) (financial) circumstances; (arch.) lifestyle
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect
zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis); fan-tailed warbler
master of religious ceremonies
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
face outline; contours of a face
new life (esp. after retirement); postretirement life
whenever they come together
private residence temporarily taking lodgers
companion; company; tritagonist
to add to one's experience; to become skillful
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
to interlace; to interweave