townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
so; like this; in this way
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
scene; view; prospect; outlook
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
spectacles for far-sightedness; telescope
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
light; faint; pale; fleeting
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
of course; certainly; naturally
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
this mountain; this temple
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
rather; better; instead; if anything
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
difficult to ...; hard to ...
time; hour; season; time of the year
such; like that; that sort of; very
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination