looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
nature of one's business; business instinct
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
about; concerning; related to; -ish
memory; sense; experience
the other day; a few days ago
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk; noh theater costume made with karaori weave
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)
various articles; various items; various kinds
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
weave; weaving; woven item
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to become better; to improve
refusal; rejection; denial; veto