relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
each house; every house; many houses
scale; scope; plan; structure
cannot be compared with; no match for
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
reply (to a letter); response; answer
show tent; circus tent; freak show
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
quality (of a product or a service)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker
to talk (a person) down; to confute
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
that day; the very same day
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
changing clothes; change of clothes
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to fight against; to oppose; to face
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
more than usual; especially; particularly
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
one or two; a few; small number