to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
festival merrymaking; revelry
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
two days later; day after next; next day but one
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
journey; route of a journey
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
ignorant of the ways of the world
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
good family; respectable family; decent family
sons and daughters; children; girl
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
speaking voice; talking voice
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to put into the mouth; to eat
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)