moment's leisure; free minute
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
mending; repair; darning; patching up
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
patient's condition; pathology
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to tower; to rise; to soar
sightseer; playboy; frequenter of red-light districts
to frolic; to revel; to make merry
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
needlework; sewing; seamstress
writing on someone's behalf
income; receipts; revenue
one by one; one each; one at a time
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
using as an intermediary; through
contract; compact; agreement
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
next; secondly; subsequently
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
Andou Tsuruo (1908.11.16-1969.9.9)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student