ceaselessly; continually; all the time; incessantly
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
master; teacher; stable master
corridor; hallway; passageway
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
fireside; hearth; by the fire
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
difficult to ...; hard to ...
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(arch.) (of soil, etc.) soft, dry and crumbly; sound of quiet walking
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
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)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
feeling; sense; impression
sports ground; playing field; playground
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)