to close down a business; to shut a business
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
preliminary inspection; preliminary examination
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
manuscript; version; draft
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
antique; old article; secondhand goods
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
Island; insula; island; islet
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
thin; slender; fine; unlucky