disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
revival; restoration; resuscitation
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
way; course; the only way
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
presumption; assumption; estimation
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
originally; by nature; from the start
playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
coming and going; commuting
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to become an expert; to be master at
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
hiring a number of geisha for an entertainment
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
(licensed) red light district
T-shaped wooden bell hammer
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
climbing a tower; going up a tall building; visiting a brothel