staff with plaited paper streamers
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
skill; dexterity; master hand
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
story; tale; talk; discussion
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
corridor; hallway; passageway
place; situation; position; location
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
speaking voice; talking voice
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
Buddhist memorial service
to make a speech; to address