popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
lately; recently; nowadays
number one; first; best; most; game; round
woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period)
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to gather; to collect; to assemble
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down