ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
dwelling; house; residence; address
to live; to reside; to inhabit
of course; certainly; naturally
coincident with; while; simultaneously
suffering (from a calamity); affliction
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
pseudonym of a haiku poet
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
improvisation (of a poem); improvization
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
government office; agency; board
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
serialization; serialisation; serial story
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
former years; formerly; a few years ago
spring water; clear (pure) water
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later