stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
incessant; uninterrupted; continuous
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
pomade; pomatum; hair oil
shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
to frolic; to revel; to make merry
erotic or pornographic book (Edo period)
street performer (comedian)
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
merchant's home (esp. used by apprentices, etc.); (your) rental home
unique; peculiar; singular
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to arrest; to capture; to seize
will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over