pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
head house (family); birthplace; originator
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
remembrance; recollection; recognition
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
catastrophe; assassination; calamity; disaster
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
to use; to make use of; to utilize
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
since then; from that time; ever since
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
immediate neighborhood; immediate neighbourhood
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
street performer (comedian)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
surely (not); certainly (not)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very