blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
long time; long interval; for quite some time
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to say; to be called; to do
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
youthful; young; young-looking
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
one's physical safety; personal security
to fly around; to scatter
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
wintry desolation; poor business conditions
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
(someone else's) child; child; kid
elegant; charming; refined; enchanting; tasteful
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
construction; architecture (of buildings)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to lie deep in; to extend far back
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)