poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
shopping; purchased goods
brazier encased in a wooden box
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
tool; implement; means; furniture
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
master; teacher; stable master
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
alley; alleyway; lane; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
two-storey house; two-story house
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
particulars; details; specified items
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
sun; saint; San (people); son
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
dispersing; breaking up; running away
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
coexistence; living together
military personnel; soldier
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
cyclamen (esp. species Cyclamen persicum)
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees