background research; research into the period
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
how; in what way; by what means
don't you think?; indicates question
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
footwear; footgear; shoes
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
if you think about it; come to think of it
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
deviation; departure; omission
family; members of a family
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
man; male; masculine gender
changing clothes; change of clothes
to call in; to invite; to bring in
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional