noun:

• leather covering or binding

noun:

• short-tempered or irritable person

noun:

• people's or popular revolution

noun:

• China-made thread or yarn

noun:

• in Kyoto or the capital

noun:

• outside Kyoto or the capital ➜ 洛中

noun:

• kanji representing verb or adjective

noun:

• physically weak or sickly child

noun:

• maximum permissible level or dosage

noun / ~する noun:

• going to or leaving school

noun:

• recent situation or conditions

noun:

• the porcelain or ceramics industry

noun:

• bigwig; leading or prominent figure

noun:

• highest or finest quality sake

noun:

• special telegram or dispatch (despatch)

noun:

• uncalled-for or impertinent remark

noun:

• secret; private or confidential matter

noun:

• underhanded or Machiavelli-like person

noun:

• strong or bitter (green) tea

noun:

• honor and-or shame (honour)

noun:

• groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony

noun:

• one's elders or superiors

noun:

• married man or woman; housekeeping

noun:

• faithful or virtuous woman (wife)

noun:

• listener's or radio fee