to blow out; to spout out
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
dark (color); concentrated; thick
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
arrest; apprehension; capture
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
in the future; another day; later
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
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)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
to call in; to invite; to bring in
(writing, painting) brush
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
elegance; taste; refinement
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
coexistence; living together
new menu item; new dish on a menu
sampling food; tasting; trying
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
samue; monk's working clothes
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)