travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
common people; ordinary people; masses
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
again (and again); once again; yet again
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
advanced level; high grade; senior
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
in search of; in order to look for
suffix for familiar person
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
place; room; margin; scope
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
person of doubtful origin
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to concern; to be related
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
overtime (work); work done outside normal working hours
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to mind; to care; to worry
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
general; popular; common; typical
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)