sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
opinion; intention; thought
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
professor; teaching; instruction
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
self publicity; advertising oneself
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
using the strongest words possible
to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer); to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
in the open; the open air
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
practice; practising; training; study
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
that day; the very same day
neighbourhood; neighborhood
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
drying place; drying ground
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
when; how soon; how long until
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)