or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
for example; for instance; e.g.
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to collect; to assemble; to gather
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
secretary (government); director; chief
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
gambling den; gambling house
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to lose sight of; to miss
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case