showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
counter for chairs or seats
same cloth; spare cloth (e.g. for patching)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
submersion; inundation; being flooded
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
failure; mistake; blunder
care; precaution; guarding; caution
proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
for use by children; for children
in this manner; in this way; like this
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation