head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
amount of money; sum of money
name; given name; first name
payment default; overdue on a payment
to send word (to); to write (to)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
winter daphne (Daphne odora)
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
care; precaution; guarding; caution
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress