papermaking; paper-making; paper making
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
workshop; studio; atelier
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
machine parts; machinery; equipment
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)