October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
fish that are called by different names as they grow larger
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to face on; to look out on to
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
living room (Western style); sitting room
handrail; railing; banister
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
father; dad; husband; you; he
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
papermaking; paper manufacture
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
three generations; three periods; third generation
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
(Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month)