to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
honorific affix; honorific prefix
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
road approaching a shrine
wet nurse; nursing mother
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
(United States of) America; USA
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined
branch (of flowers); cluster; mass (of clouds)
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation