difficult to ...; hard to ...
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to care for someone; to look after someone
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
lack of registration (in the census register); buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
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
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
gynecology department; gynecology
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
interior; inside; internal
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
of course; certainly; naturally
some book; book about that subject; books
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
sweet almond (Prunus dulcis); tonsil