to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment
depravity; corruption; degradation
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
nth district of a town; nth city block
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
kimono fabrics shop; draper
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
evident; plain; distinct; clear
light cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
21st day of the month; 21 days
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to distribute rice (e.g. during an emergency)
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
slave trade; human trafficking; slave trader
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to sell out; to exhaust one's stock
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure