a region in Ibaraki Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture

a place in Izumo, Shimane, famous for production of nori

you're never too old to learn

the sixteenth night of the month under the lunar calendar, just after the full moon

Short for 十六夜の月 (izayoi no tsuki): the moon just past the full moon, the start of the waning moon

to draw a circle, to make a circle-shaped movement

(art) drawing (being able to draw) characters distinctly

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 描き分ける (kakiwakeru) [ichidan]

paint in

下書き: rough draft of a text / 下描き: rough sketch of a drawing