making paper umbrellas; overlaying an umbrella framework; paper umbrella maker
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
thick makeup; heavy makeup
having one's baby nursed by another woman; wet-nursing; breast milk received from another woman
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
occupation; calling; livelihood
biological younger brother
spider's thread; spider silk
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to boil strongly; to be excited
water's edge; beach; shore
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
without; unless; have to do
favorable circumstances; prosperity
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
back street; back alley; slums
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
act; deed; one's doing; cause; reason
(not) a single person; (no) one
namely; that is (to say); in other words
to become settled; to be fixed
meditation; silent contemplation
one's house; one's home; one's family
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
to be boiled; to be cooked
at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases
to scatter about; to leave untidy; to mess up (e.g. a room); to leave things scattered around
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)