(written) explanation; explanatory label (e.g. in a museum); information sign (e.g. at a tourist spot); instructions (e.g. for a product)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
inspection; examination; survey
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965; author)
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
desk lamp; floor lamp; standard lamp
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
silence (not speaking); muteness
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
day on which a museum, library, etc. is closed; closed day
to carry around; to carry on one's person
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)