I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
form; shape; figure; visage
rather; better; instead; if anything
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
main door at the front of a house; front shutters
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
from ... to; between ... and; or
almost; roughly; approximately
right angle; perpendicular
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
girl; lass; young thing; chick
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)
crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees; cripple
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
match (to light fire with)
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
being concerned about or mindful of
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to talk to oneself; to mutter