to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
first time; first; initial
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
my husband; one's family; family member
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
goods on display; (an) exhibit; exhibition (of goods)
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
sidewalk café; footpath café
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
resemblance; similarity; analogy
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
press; print shop; printing office
art dealer; fine art(s) shop
shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
ancestor; forefather; foremother
book bound in Japanese style
same generation; one's generation
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print