cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations
obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
change; transformation; inversion
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
all over; all over the place; everywhere
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
Imperial Hotel (in Tokyo)
all sorts of; all kinds of
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
stark naked; nude; stripped of all belongings; penniless; naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
true character; real nature
to be contented; to be at ease
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
strange; odd; unusual; peculiar
ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
thought; consideration; thinking