grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
originally; by nature; from the start
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
river; stream; River; the ... river
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
along the river; riverside
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while