town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
decoration; ornament; trimmings
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
young master; young gentleman
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
several people; a few people
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...