relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
rather; sooner; preferably
to make a success in life
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
commercial go-playing parlour (parlor)
versatile; multi-talented
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
a pair (of shoes or socks)
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
for the first time in one's life
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
businessman; industrialist
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
Ryuukyou Shinshi (book by Narushima Ryuuhoku concerning the Yanigabashi pleasure quarters)