eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
ground glass; frosted glass
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
telephone call; telephone (device)
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
honesty; sincerity; frankness
new graduate; recent graduate
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
young master; son of a high-ranking person
elderly handyman; elderly manservant
the lower classes; the common people
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor