tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
important point; essential part; vital point; important state matters
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
artificial hill (in a garden)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
just now; right now; at this moment
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to cry and shout; to scream
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Yoshiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
to indicate; to show; to point to
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
blunder; slip; error; error
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
belly; stomach; inside of the abdomen; one's mind; one's heart; one's innermost thoughts
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
something to wear; clothes
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
really; very; extremely; terribly; awfully
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical