sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
quick-tempered; impatient
white background; blank; female virgin
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus)
audience; spectator; spectators
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
one thin flat object; one sheet
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
something new (of poor quality)
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only