townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
to increase in value; to gain prestige
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
memories; recollections; reminiscence
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
fighting to the death (with swords)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
story; tale; talk; discussion
personal meeting (esp. used by females)
father and mother; parents
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
if things go wrong; if the worst happens
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with