obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors
to say; to tell; to state; to do
counter for books; volume
many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
subject (of a painting); motif; theme; title of a painting
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
genre picture; painting depicting customs
love affair; sensual pleasures
woodblock; (printing) block
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
multicolored printing; multicoloured printing
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (woodblock print by Hokusai); The Great Wave; The Wave
Vincent van Gogh (1853.03.30-1890.07.29)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
Kyūju era (1154.10.28-1156.4.27)
counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
square metre; square meter
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper