every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
innumerable; countless; numberless
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
that; the matter in question
disabled person; handicapped person
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
to mix; to stir; to blend
men and women of all ages
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
plaintive; piteous; doleful
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
to march in; to parade in; to pull in (a net, rope, etc.); to haul in; to incorporate (in); to include
net (amount); clear; net weight; net price; cost price; actual content
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
lacking the talent to do anything but eat
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
design; idea; conception; plan
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
scarlet; crimson; cardinal red
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
Ōtsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing
this occasion; at this time; now
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)