Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
suddenly; all of a sudden
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
light; faint; pale; fleeting
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
rustling sound; rummaging sound
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary