to go to see (something, someone); to visit
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
news; word; tidings; omen
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
badness; evilness; bad; evil
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
Leghorn (var. of chicken)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
young girl; lass; adolescent female
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet