housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
hook; gab; snare; trap; arm-grabbing force out
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
counter for (small) boats
frequent; densely packed; thick
slight intoxication; being tipsy
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
mature woman; middle-aged woman
example; specimen; sample
hospitality; service; entertainment
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
baton (of command); order; command; direction
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier