to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
lack of registration (in the census register); buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
house in which a mistress is kept
wet nurse; nursing mother
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
custom; practice; convention; precedent
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
verbal promise; one's word
outside of; not covered by
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
someone who one considers as an elder sister
dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party