slinging (on cranes, etc.)
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
time; moment; time of death; last moment; (arch.) midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
ugly; repulsive; unworthy; insignificant; (arch.) strong and frightening thing
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
honor and-or shame (honour)
to easily attain victory; to dupe; to swindle
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
dissimilation; catabolism; dissimilation (phonology); defamiliarization (artistic technique); ostranenie
autumn colours; fall colors; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum); venison; layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
economizing; thriftiness; prudence; frugality
centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
world of suffering; life of prostitution
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
smart rabbit; cunning rabbit; nimble rabbit
more and more; increasingly; all the more
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head
dark indigo (almost black); coarse cloth
to cast in a mold (mould)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
(arch.) carpenter's square; perpendicularity; straightness; model; standard
pure sake; full-bodied sake; pure
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water; watery mash left over from making soy sauce
to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close