beyond this point; from now on; after this
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
small restaurant; eating house
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
kitchen; financial situation
just managing; with great difficulty
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
just one person; only one
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
in line with this; therefore
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to say; to be called; to do
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated