bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to come to an end; to rest
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
jellied dessert (e.g. yōkan); sweets with a high moisture content; fruit
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to move out (of); to leave; to vacate
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
the husband of one's elder sister
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
threat; intimidation; menace
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
vacant house; unoccupied house
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal