lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
women's group; women's association
gynecology department; gynecology
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
speaking voice; talking voice
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to show signs of; to appear
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
rice reaping; rice harvesting
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
just because; even if; even though
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
counterfeit paper money; forged document
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
wastepaper basket; wastebasket
very rich person; the super rich
to look as if one is important; to swagger around
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
daily allowance; daily wages