pride; boast; credit (to)
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
don't you think?; indicates question
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
late at night; at a late hour
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
preparations for a journey
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
notice; notification; report; posting
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
one's home country; one's homeland
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
people; men and women; each person; everybody
curiosity; inquisitiveness
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
egoma (type of perilla); Perilla frutescens var. frutescens
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
face; looks; vestiges; trace
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)