yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
fletcher; arrow maker; fletching; arrow-making
rouge and powder; cosmetics
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
large hanging paper lantern
piece; fragment; one (object)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
losing weight; slimming; lean person
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
book; volume; this; present; main; head
farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
(Edo-period) town magistrate
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
district; section; sector
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)