hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
yearbook; almanac; annual
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
description; account; delineation; (a) predicative; predication
mistaken belief; erroneous belief; fallacy; misconception
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
information; experience; knowledge; observation
The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
drama; play; Chinese opera
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
knotweed (Polygonaceae); jointweed; smartweed; water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
what kind of; what sort of; what
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
encouragement; incentive; stimulus
as planned; according to plan
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Katsuyama hairstyle; Edo-period woman's hairstyle made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism