heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
this occasion; at this time; now
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
almost; roughly; approximately
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to feel; to sense; to experience
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
such; like that; that sort of; very