residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
wealthy person; millionaire
society; public; community; social studies
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
lately; recently; nowadays
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
Japan's best; number one in Japan
that; the matter in question
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
although I say; although one might say; although called
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade