enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
another's parent; another's parents
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
had better ...; had better not ...
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
back country; remote countryside
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
very rich person; the super rich
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute