one night; one evening; all night; overnight
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
directly; in person; firsthand
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
arrival of a ship; ship coming into a port
departure of a ship (from a port); setting sail; outgoing ship; ship leaving port
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to be invited (often to perform for an audience); to be called
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
incoming ship; ship entering port
free (of charge); gratuitous
you (plural); all of you; you all
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to make sense; to be meaningful