ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) eggplants don't grow on gourd vines
spider that appears in the morning (said to be good luck)
being on duty with a colleague; partner; colleague
soybean; soybeans boiled until soft for making miso
bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)
since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
cultivar; cultivated variety of a plant
Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
baby's first annual festival
cowardly or depraved samurai
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
to escape death; to be saved from death
play put on in a village; play put on by villagers
daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home
tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
government-controlled gambling; municipally operated gambling
silvering; silvered item; person who is all style and no substance; poser
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap
person with a humble salary; person of a low condition
to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)
mentally deranged person; lunatic
to visit repeatedly (to request)
the Four Books (Confucian texts)
pawn; pledge (given as security)
two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)