to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
built-in; fixed; attached
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
disorder; disturbance; unrest
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
wood-free paper; woodfree paper; fine paper; free sheet paper
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
one thin flat object; one sheet
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
every single word and phrase; word by word
really; truly; indeed; good grief
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
manner of using one's hands
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)