participation; joining; entry; adherence
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
restaurant with only set meals
common people; ordinary people; masses
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
tea-ceremony room; tea-ceremony hut; restaurant; coffee shop; cafe
people; citizens; subjects; folk
document; official papers
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and yet; though; when; in spite of
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to worry about the future
the very start; the very beginning
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance