yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
very; greatly; exceedingly
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
secret; private; surreptitious
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
how; in what way; how about
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
postcard; memo; note; card
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to redeem (from sin); to save
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
after a long time; for the first time in a while
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that