chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
occupation; calling; livelihood
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
softness; gentleness; weakness
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
classical elegance; antiquity
(in Japanese architecture) transom
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to check; to stop; to keep back
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
edge; relative; relations; border
to be found; to be discovered