trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
authenticity; credibility
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
my husband; one's family; family member
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
putting into operation; invocation
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
unlawful dumping (e.g. of garbage)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
packing something in a bag; bagging
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
outside the city area; suburbs
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
waterproofing; making watertight
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
trembling from fear; trembling all over
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene