intimacy; friendship; familiarity
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
broadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir); broadfin thornyhead; kichiji rockfish
dramatic role for child; child actor
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
town-watches from the Edo period
association; union; guild
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
upper part; upper region; region above
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
written commentary on notable events or persons
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
mistress; kept woman; concubine
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well