charming; fascinating; attractive
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
constant reference (to something); game in which two players pass a cord around their necks and pull at each other
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
tingling (with pain or numbness); throbbing; stinging; buzzing; chirring; chirping (of insects)
liver taken from a living animal
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court; 1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
rumor; rumour; gossip; report