"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
criticism; commentary; review
unusual; serious; incomparable
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
land route; overland route; by land; overland
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
the world in general; society; convention
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
lading; loading; carrying
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
weight stone (placed on pickles)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
in great amount; considerably; substantially; quite
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest