connections; contacts; influence
government permission; official licence; official license; government permit
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
successively; one after another
inside the encampment; within the camp
moderate; proper; just right
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
wicker trunk; wicker luggage
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
one-by-one; separately; in detail
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
hot water and tea; hot drinks (esp. while entertaining)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
indicate reason; infers some protest
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
room to let; room for rent
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
name; given name; first name
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
notice; attention; observation
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to rebuke; to scold harshly
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence