good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
vitality; energy; dynamism
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
young master; young gentleman
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
object of adoration, longing
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
suffix for familiar person
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
matcha; powdered green tea
latte; caffè latte; radio and television
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
as soon as possible; ASAP
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up