amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
wild ginger trefoil family crest (of the Tokugawa clan); triple hollyhock family crest
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event; grave (and unexpected) incident; serious event; accident
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to have a talk; to tell a story
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
contest; comparison; competition
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless