being good at selling; shrewd salesman
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
kitchen (in a restaurant); cook; chef
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
the other day; some time ago; recently
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to develop into a serious incident
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
to carry (a child) on one's back
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
loved one; lover; sweetheart
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably