long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
after that; afterwards; thereafter
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
new store; newly-opened store
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage