origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
if you think about it; come to think of it
directly; in person; firsthand
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
(some) more; even more; longer; further
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
low pressure; low voltage
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to begin to rain; to begin to snow