guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
everywhere; all over; throughout
feminine tears; bitter tears; tears of blood
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
suddenly; all at once; flaring up (in anger); in a flare
depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; profound; deep; esoteric
inference; deduction; figuring out; understanding; knowing
exaltation; elevation; enhancement; promotion; raising
shining; radiant; evident; clear
bright; shining; clear; evident
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
called; known as; that; to say
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
underwear; shirt (worn as an undergarment)
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
wearing a lined kimono without an undergarment
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal; to leave (one's footprints, etc.)
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
very short (clothing); too short; completely bald (head)
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
one by one; one at a time; in turn
involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
slight; insignificant; small
party; set; gang; company; person
great numbers; numerical superiority