to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
ring; link; open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)
place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
vanity case; cosmetics case
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
that's the way it is; such is life
starting a business; opening a store (for the day)
it is not (like that) either
such; like that; in that way
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito