Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
ocean transportation; importation
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
hand-operated electric generator (used in Edo-period medical treatment); (arch.) electricity
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
after a long time; for the first time in a while
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
autumn scenery; fall scenery
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
traditional Chinese medicine
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
plants which flower in autumn (fall)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to fall ill; to be taken ill
Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on