oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
mutually; reciprocally; together
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
large amount of money; great cost
February; second month of the lunar calendar
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
bitch; witch; ugly woman; 1-point card; junk card
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe