Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
northern part; the north (of a region)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to become completely chilled
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to stop walking; to pause
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
mask; disguise; guise; mask
rest; break; recess; intermission
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to become frosted; to become frosty
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated