(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to set (sun); to become dark
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
shadow figure; silhouette
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
evening; early night hours
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
shoji (paper sliding door)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar