greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
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)
to face on; to look out on to
mistress; kept woman; concubine
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
type of jōruri narrative performance
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
moneymaking; earning money
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
main street; avenue; boulevard
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
postman; mailman; mail carrier; letter carrier; postie
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
particularly; only; in the case of
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
correctly; properly; accurately
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling