to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
end of war; cessation of hostilities
heart; guts; nerve; central part
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
door; gate; opening; title page
Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
shoji (paper sliding door)
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
to be photographed; to be projected
grandfather; male senior-citizen
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
that's the way it is; such is life
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
Iida Chouko (1897.4.15-1972.12.26)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy