to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
at once; immediately; right now
gait; one's manner of walking; technique involving tripping the opponent
along the river; riverside
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
lattice of evenly spaced vertical timber bars (used in facades, etc.)
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
feeling one gets from listening to something
to speak; to say; to vocalize
interval; break; pause; spare moment
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
deity of rice fields and harvests
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
shop; small store; business; firm
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
one part; one portion; one section
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
colored pattern; coloured pattern