sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall; vaudeville theater manager; music hall proprietor
coherence; order; focus; point
as usual; as is one's habit
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood
imagination; supposition; guess
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
solely; entirely; only; or
consequence; outcome; result; blame
first meeting; first interview with
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction