時局

じきょく

situation, state of things, current affairs

時節柄

じせつがら

in these times, in times like these, the season being what it is

柄

つか え がら つか え がら

pattern, design

時節柄の贈り物

じせつがらのおくりもの

seasonable gift

局

つぼね きょく

bureau, department

中柄

ちゅうがら ちゅうえ

medium size, medium pattern, medium stature

牛柄

うしがら

cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow), cow-skin pattern

矢柄

やがら

shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo)

総柄

そうがら そうえ

(clothing) patterned all over

新柄

しんがら

new pattern

縞柄

しまがら

striped pattern

小柄

こづか しょうへい こがら

small build, small stature, petite

柄物

がらもの

patterned cloth

作柄

さくがら

crop conditions

色柄

いろがら

colored pattern, coloured pattern

日柄

ひがら

lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day

所柄

ところがら

character of a particular place

世柄

よがら

world conditions, the times

葉柄

ようへい

leaf stalk, petiole