and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
type of jōruri narrative performance
short love song (popular in late Edo period)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
with a friendly grin; smilingly
bloom of youth; prime of girlhood
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to accompany; to go with; to go together
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
divorce; unrealized marriage (prospects); unrealised marriage
to pass (of time); to elapse
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to have a rumor circulating
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
main festival; main day of a festival
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
proposal; suggestion; motion; initiative
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
land near a castle; castle town
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
to employ; to hire; to charter