bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
walking alone; walking without assistance; unique; matchless; unparalleled
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
manuscript; version; draft
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
father; dad; husband; you; he
that's the way it is; such is life
night stall; night shop; night fair
to sell at a loss; to sell cheaply; to sell off; to dispose (of)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
river; stream; River; the ... river
shore; bank (of a body of water)
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
narration; description of things and facts
one's mood while traveling (travelling)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
bank; banking institution
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key