unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
shopping; purchased goods
brazier encased in a wooden box
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
master; teacher; stable master
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
two-storey house; two-story house
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
pounding down earth around the roots of a tree; adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana
particulars; details; specified items
sun; saint; San (people); son
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
coexistence; living together
military personnel; soldier
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
cyclamen (esp. species Cyclamen persicum)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
lidded pottery or receptacle