inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
in proportion to; just as much as
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
gleaming; shining; glistening
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
brave warrior; hero; brave man
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
clear autumn water; clear fall water
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
scene; sight; scenario; setting
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again