rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess
street at night; making a night journey
haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.); haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century); absurd; comical
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
bookkeeping; keeping accounts; bookkeeper; accountant
foreign; abroad; overseas
export; exportation; efferent
worldly desires; materialistic desires
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
insanity; insane person; arbiter of taste; connoisseur
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor (of a particular character); insider; person on the inside
unselfishness; wanting little
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
traveler; traveller; stranger
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to sell off; to sell completely
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role); not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
everything working out as desired
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move