giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
talking while standing; standing around talking
February; second month of the lunar calendar
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
to boil strongly; to be excited
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
journal; magazine; periodical
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to pick up; to find; to gather
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
fabrication; lie; fiction
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of