to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to become empty; to be emptied
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
together with; same; both; all; including ...
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
man of letters; literary man
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
most part; greater part; majority
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
to comb down; to smooth down
gold-colored paper wrapped around the tip of a cigarette (coloured)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
to mix; to stir; to blend
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
stone (used for throwing)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless