stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
have a pain in one's chest
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)
dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
hotel charge; lodging expense
fancy; fancy; imagination; whim
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
common language; lingua franca
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
cooking class; cookery school
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
leading; guiding; commanding
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)