relay station; post station; stage
repaying a kindness; gratitude
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
dried bear's gallbladder (used as a medicine)
lumping together; putting all together
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
(on the) point of going out; (at the) moment one is about to leave; just after leaving; while on the way
lord of a manor; estate steward
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
disabled person; handicapped person
common camellia (Camellia japonica); (arch.) tea produced in the mountains
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
many people; a large number of people
bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside; transportation from the mountains (e.g. of felled timber)
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
bill; handbill; flyer; flier; leaflet; poster
talking politics; discussion of a law case
thickly; heavily; profusely; (complain) endlessly; excessively; tediously
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to misread; to mispronounce
general public; the masses
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to grill again; to rebake; to rehash; to rework; to refurbish
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
straight-forwardness; honesty; purity
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly