cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
street stall; stand; booth
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to come and go; to go back and forth
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
one end; an end; part; fragment
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
tedious; boring; being fed up with
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
fortune-telling; divination
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
fee; charge; rate; material
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
missing person; wanted person