equipment; device; installation; stage setting
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
anonymity; using an assumed name
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
papaya (Carica papaya); pawpaw
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
covered with; stained; smeared
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
listless; languid; sluggish; irritating; exasperating; tiresome
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid