end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
Okayama (city, prefecture)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to play a leading role; to play a central part
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
front palanquin bearer; flunky; cat's-paw; tool
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience