sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
going and returning; divorced woman
world of suffering; life of prostitution
stairs; stairway; staircase
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
someone without a fixed occupation; man of leisure; playboy
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
to send for (doctor, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to form a group; to form a bunch
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
girl; lass; young thing; chick
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
what's the matter?; what's wrong?