belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between; flattery; flatterer
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
first warbling heard in a New Year
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
as you are aware; as you know
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
to go to; to visit; to call on
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
to be blessed with children
to keep a house; to run a household
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to say too much; to go too far
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
custom; habit; customary practice
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
disciple; pupil; follower
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar