good luck; fortune; happiness
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
establishment (of a business); founding
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
story; tale; talk; discussion
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to speak; to hear a voice
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
adds force or indicates command
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...