thus; in this way; like this
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
record keeper; recorder; archivist
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
flood of customers; roaring business
a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery; signature mark (crest) used by members of the imperial family to mark their belongings; a sign (with honorific 'o')
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
doorman in charge of footwear
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself