(necessary) personnel; required person
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
apparently; appears to be
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
early (days); initial stage; initial
Senke school of tea ceremony
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to go out and away; to leave
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along