environment; circumstance
person always at one's side
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
coating (esp. lacquering)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
dawn; daybreak; beginning
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects