running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
moment's leisure; free minute
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
mending; repair; darning; patching up
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
to tower; to rise; to soar
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
sightseer; playboy; loafer; slacker; frequenter of red-light districts
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
to frolic; to revel; to make merry
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
needlework; sewing; seamstress
writing on someone's behalf
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
one by one; one each; one at a time
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
contract; compact; agreement
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
next; secondly; subsequently
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following