next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
speaking voice; talking voice
break; pause; interruption; intermission
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
stale; hackneyed; cliched
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
striped pattern (textiles, pottery)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)
particularly; only; in the case of
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
marriage proposal; marriage talks
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom