strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
elopement; running away with a lover
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
foster mother; adoptive mother
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
mistress; kept woman; concubine
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
considerably; fairly; quite
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to feel; to sense; to experience
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
inside one's heart; in one's mind
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
reviewing stand; box; gallery
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
garden lantern; hanging lantern
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
back; rear; background; behind the scenes