uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
town; city; municipal; urban
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
factory or industrial district or area
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
edifice; monumental architecture; huge building
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
Toyo (former province located in present-day Ōita and Fukuoka prefectures; later split into Buzen and Bungo provinces); affluent country; rich country
torii; Shinto shrine archway
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
set of three; three sets; three classes
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
naturalization; naturalisation
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
importance; emphasis; stress
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction