unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
common (of objects, abstract things); usual
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
postcard; memo; note; card
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
to be found; to be discovered
scattered here and there; at intervals
under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.)
sunshade; sunscreen; window shade; blinds
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
account book; register; ledger
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
kitchen; financial situation
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
wicker(work) (cane, rattan) chair