climbing rose; rambling rose
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
as everyone knows; needless to point out
French marigold (Tagetes patula)
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
scrubbing; getting grime off
to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
working in the theater (theatre); attached to a particular theater
young adult still living at home; dependent; female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period); freeloader living in a samurai's house; young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
a recommendation; an order
acting as go-between; good offices
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
weak; frail; slender; feminine
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
consummation of a marriage
congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (for New Year and the Emperor's birthday)
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition