to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
that kind; competition; match
great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
and yet; though; when; in spite of
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
one's living; one's livelihood
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
such; this sort of; like this
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
virgin; innocent young woman
innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)