bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
travellers' inn; stage inn
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
one's say; one's point; although; though
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
virgin; innocent young woman
cheating (on one's husband); adultery; male lover (of a married woman); paramour
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
box for holding papers or stationery
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
vacant house; unoccupied house
child's tear-stained face
leave-taking; (saying) goodbye; requesting leave (from work)
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly