wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
nowadays; in this day and age
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
such; this sort of; like this
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
extensive knowledge; erudition
as (for); for; in the capacity of
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
village along a (large) river
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars