this occasion; at this time; now
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
of course; certainly; naturally
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
show tent; circus tent; freak show
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
every year; yearly; annually
thousands; several thousand
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
to serve; to work for; to attend
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
evening meal; supper; dinner
preparation; arrangements
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
direct control; direct supervision
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
management of an organization; organizational management; organizational operation
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
clearing one's throat; cough
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate