end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
alone; by oneself; on one's own
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
the West; the Occident; Western countries
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
somehow; for some reason (or other)
middle of the night; dead of night
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
January; first month of the lunar calendar
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to increase; to add to; to augment
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
secret; private; surreptitious
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss