quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
being initiated (e.g. into the arts); receiving instruction
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
sitting together; the same theater (theatre); involvement; entanglement; implication
presence; sitting with; being with
best pupil; leading disciple
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
two classes; double; two sets
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
to feel oneself indebted to
only ...; no more than ...; a matter of
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
inner citadel; core; center; centre
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
burr (e.g. on a machined edge)
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
house where one was born; one's parents' house
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
sorrel (Rumex acetosa); Common sorrel; garden sorrel; spinach dock
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
the same place; the same address; the said place
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity