to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
banknote; bill; note; paper money
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
business trip; official trip
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
ahead; before; the future
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
clicking; clopping; clacking
stable boy; stable hand; groom
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
to annoy; to cause trouble
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)
ancient practices; old customs
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
1000 ri; (a) long distance
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)