restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou; Kwangchow; Canton (China)
Katharine; Katherine; Katheryn
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
error; mistake; slip; bug
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
timeless masterpiece; immortal work
writing; composition; essay; sentence
Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa); Malayan banyan; Indian laurel
scene; view; prospect; outlook
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
primary school; elementary school; grade school
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
Frederick; Frederic; Frederik; Flederique; Fredelic
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
in person; personally; directly
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
haberdashery; sundries store
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
deportation; expulsion from the country
on the occasion of; at the time of
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive