dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
flour; meal; powder; dust
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
selecting from one's own works; one's own selection
young; youth; young person
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
to serve; to work for; to attend
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
just because; even if; even though
boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
calm; composed; cool; quiet
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
marriage proposal; courtship
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger