to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
picking mulberry leaves; mulberry-leaf pickers
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
buying; purchasing; laying in
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
day by day; every day; by the day
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
summer overcoat; light jacket
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
just now; right now; at this moment
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
preparation; arrangements
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water