barber; barbershop; barber shop
to add balance (to one's work, life, etc.); to balance work and play; to pace oneself
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
literary profession; writing
shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)
rhinitis; coryza; nasal inflammation
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
underpopulated area; lightly-populated area
changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)
ōban-yaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
scrape-scrape; (with a) scraping sound
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
to be assiduous in one's business
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
making a loss; incurring a deficit
novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel
fickle; having many romantic interests
deplorable; alarming; grievous; lamentable
waterpower; running water; falling overboard
to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick
the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)
rain cover; tarpaulin; covering against rain; taking shelter from rain
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through