San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
young person; youth; young
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
person of letters; literary person
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
good; goodness; right; virtue
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
river; stream; River; the ... river
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
railroad; railway; rail transport
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
(navigable) canal; waterway
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
such ... as; or some such
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)