thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
bequest; relic; cherished (by the deceased); treasured
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
alley house; rear tenement; slum
stubborn person; obstinate person
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
feather duster; feather brush
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
inner lid; medium sized lid
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
to act young; to look young
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.); adoption
sincere; faithful; honest
to keep secret; to conceal
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
(small) box to keep valuables, etc.
detour; circuitous route; diversion
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
tall building; high-rise building
(in) the air; midair; sky
two colours; two varieties; two types
thin India ink; diluted ink
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
Japanese title (given to foreign work)
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard