(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
distinction; differentiation; classification
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism; first-time guest in a red-light district
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
day in and day out; all the time
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
Quanzhou (China); Chinchew
last week; the week before
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
squared timber; rectangular lumber
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
the other day; lately; recently