groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
master; teacher; stable master
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud; building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses
each house; every house; many houses
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
generation; lifetime; age
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
suffix for train car numbers
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
relation; connection; affinity
family; relatives; dependents; household
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)