shopping district; shopping street; downtown
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
to employ; to hire; to charter
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
in session; in progress; under way; open
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
extract; excerpt; selection
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
wherein; therein; thereinto
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
and; thereupon; because of that
to be needed; to be wanted
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
in proportion to; just as much as
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
small change; coins; small sum of money
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
must not; should not; do not
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress