bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to collapse into; to flop onto
to roll about; to writhe about
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to shake off; to throw off
nation at war; militant nation
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
axis; pivot; central figure; key man
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
marshy grassland; wetlands
verbal promise; one's word
warbler being in a valley; valley in which warblers live; remaining obscure and unsuccessful
rented room; renting a room
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
missing person; wanted person
separate; scattered; apart
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
comfort women brothel (during World War II); military brothel
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label