castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
opposite side; opposition
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
shopping; purchased goods
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
hello; good day; good afternoon
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to offer for sale; to put on the market
woman; lady; adult female
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
the way back; the way home; return trip
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt