thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
ice cream soda; icecream soda
three; three years of age
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
honorific/polite/humble prefix
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to be able to manage somehow or another
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)