flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
residence; housing; residential building
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
defense; defence; protection
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
neighbouring house; neighboring house
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
distortion; falsification; perversion
space (room, area, outer space)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
bungalow; one-story house
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled