to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
briskly; quickly; promptly
charcoal; charred remains
just above; right overhead
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
completely; entirely; totally
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
price; cost; value; worth; value
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
sudden change; complete change
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
cask wrapped in straw matting; beggar
straight-forwardness; honesty; purity
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience