watercolor painting; watercolour painting
Japanese-style painting; picture in Japanese style; nihon-ga
India-ink painting; ink wash painting
carving; engraving; sculpture
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
automatic; intransitive verb
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
variation in color (colour); having a different color
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
forevermore; for eternity
adding up; totalling; totaling
to sew together; to stitch together; to sew up; to switch up
ready-made clothing; off-the-rack clothing; second-hand clothes; hanging
brand items; brand-name goods
this sort of; this type of
joint; seam; joining point
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
number of votes polled; poll votes
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
antique art dealer; antique dealer; antiquary
to sell off; to sell completely
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan
mouth; speech; counter for people or implements
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
bright red; crimson lotus flower
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year