to step firmly; to harden by treading
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
toe; toe (of a golf club)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
deliverer; deliveryman; delivery person
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to get out of bed; to show a leg
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher