Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
business trip; official trip
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
considerably; greatly; a lot
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
university student; college student
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
together; at the same time; same; identical
knowing; (an) acquaintance
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
preparation; arrangements
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
corridor; hallway; passageway
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to be needed; to be wanted
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
indicate reason; infers some protest
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
well then ...; in that situation; in which case