Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant
personal attack; personal denunciation
one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
cannot be helped; unavoidable
wrong; different; not like that
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
to loiter around; to wander about
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
how others look at you; what others think about you
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
tolerance; broad-mindedness
young master; young gentleman
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets