Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
illustrated news magazine; pictorial
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
what sort of; what kind of; what way
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
Island; insula; island; islet
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
difference; disparity; gap
(social) position; status
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
revision (of text); alteration; change
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
headquarters; head office; main office
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
innocent; cherubic; childlike
remarkable; striking; obvious
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer