cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
new product; new line (of products)
exhibition; display; putting on show
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
by any chance; ten thousand to one
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
present; gift; to give a present or gift
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth