inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
(paper) cord for tying the hair
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to ask; to enquire; to query
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
three times; thrice; third (interval)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that