to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
as (for); for; in the capacity of
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
foreign; abroad; overseas
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
prohibition; inhibition; ban
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
scenery; scene; landscape
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
fluent (in a language); flowing
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
front; frontage; facade; main
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter