bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
type of jōruri recitation
counter for wheels and flowers
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
roundabout way (of speaking or working)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to satisfy oneself; to feel satisfied; to be proud
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
vexing; irritating; impatient
puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
to occur one after another; to happen in succession
feeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
spring landscape; spring scenery
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action