elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
personal (employee); employed; retained
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
incident; affair; happening; event
at that time; in those days
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
to be exhausted; to be worn out
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to find useful; to think highly of
cell; serge; cel (celluloid)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
tailor; seamstress; dressmaker; clothier
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
war; fighting; fierce competition
people; men and women; each person; everybody
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
servile submission; subservience
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
trade; buying and selling
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
armed forces; military; troops