shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
fate; chance; relationship; tie
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
how; in what way; how about; questionable
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to be fated to; be linked by fate
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
each; (arch.) you (plural)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to be profitable; to yield a profit
Takenaka Heizou (1951.3-)
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end