Kazuo Ishiguro (1954.11.8-)
kimono shop; kimono store
badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant
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
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
(telephone) area code (non-local)
exchange of letters; correspondence
two bows, two claps, and a third bow (standard form of worshiping at a shrine)
age relationship; luck attending age
contemplative; meditative
single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold; upper eyelid with no fold
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia