in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
weave; weaving; woven item
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
confusing people; magic; ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
sending to the rear (esp. a soldier); evacuation from the front; sending later
injured person; wounded person; casualty
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
another place; foreign country
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
therefore; because of this; for this reason
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to investigate; to consider; to pat; to rub
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash