chief vassal; senior statesman
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
elegance; taste; refinement
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
sunlight; rays of the Sun
study; library; den; home office; reading room
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
bow shape; arc; arch; segment (of a circle)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
evening; dusk; evening scene; evening landscape; light of the setting sun
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants