small restaurant; eating house
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
special; particular; peculiar; unique
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to become vulgar; to coarsen
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
on hand; readily available
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
stealthy steps; soft steps
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
manner of using one's hands
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
that's the way it is; such is life
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge