established practice; custom
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
articles; supplies; parts
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
all over; all over the place; everywhere
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
gold and jewels; precious object
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath