military operation; military tactics; military strategy
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
ichibugin; Edo-period rectangular silver coin worth one quarter ryō
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
lawfulness; legality; validity; legitimacy
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
treatment; handling; arrangement; addition; musical accompaniment (in noh)
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
cold; coldness; chilliness
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce