low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
to take over; to hand over
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to become dim; to become blurred
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
woman; female; feminine gender
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
young female rice planter; young girl
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure