to be bewildered; to be perplexed
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); barrier gate; checkpoint gate
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
open air; outdoors; outside
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
number of houses; number of households
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door
main door at the front of a house; front shutters
(separate) house; detached house
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
earthenware; porcelain; china; Seto ware; ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
merry drinker; one who laughs easily
official copy of the family register
Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi (yakuza syndicate)
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
Mito Kōmon (televised period drama; 1969-2011)
Ministry of Revenue (Tang dynasty China)
houses and inhabitants; population
maudlin drinker; person who is prone to crying when drunk
(heavy) drinker; tippler; ... drinker (e.g. merry drinker, maudlin drinker); ... drunk; liker of; fan
not in the family register; lacking a family register
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing (canvasing)
well digging; well digger
doorstop; door stop; door stopper
house-to-house; door-to-door; each house
box (built-in) for containing shutters; shutter case; door pocket
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
hidden door; secret door; trapdoor
dwelling unit (esp. in apartment block, etc.)
all the houses (in an area); all the apartments (in a building); the whole family; the whole household
air-damper (e.g. in chimney); (arch.) wind door; (arch.) door through which wind blows, e.g. to cool a room
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
you can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors)
gap (in a mountain ridge)
gate money; admission fee
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
large gate (to a castle); front gate; checkpoint (Edo period)
a well equipped with a pulley for drawing water
family registry (of the district); original of one's family register; archive of family registers
to bust down a door; to break a door open
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian-period palace
small cupboard on wall of tokonoma
to close the door (to); to shut the door (to); to exclude
temporary stay of a daimyo with his retainers and vassals in the Edo domain, under the Sankin-kōtai system during the Edo period
type of faceted glass from Edo
every house; each household
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo
one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register
official copy of part of family register
temporary stay of a daimyo with his retainers and vassals in the Edo domain, under the Sankin-kōtai system during the Edo period
breakwater; mole; seawall
family registration official
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
hidden cupboard; secret cabinet; concealed closet
bluish-violet; royal purple
grayish blue; greyish blue
gravity well (e.g. of a planet)
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)
Edo-period atmosphere; old Edo charm; nostalgic ambiance of old Tokyo
trapdoor; trap door; flap door
Imado ware (style of unglazed porcelain)
bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native
paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
doorstop; door stop; door stopper
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
hanging cupboard; wall cabinet
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native
bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through
national census; door-to-door census
earthenware; porcelain; china; Seto ware; ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
artesian well; tapped well
to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
push-up door; roll-up shutter
(separate) house; detached house
door made of interlaced reeds, bamboo, etc.
household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryō system); vassal household allotted to a courtier
semi-detached house; double house
plot number; house number
every house; each household
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
you can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors)
small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage; small garden gate
census-taking; examining family registers
double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
semi-detached house; double house
sash roller; door roller; roller for a sliding door
artesian well; tapped well
stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side; rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.
push-up door; roll-up shutter
Iwato Boom (economic boom of 1958-1961)
Kobe City College of Nursing
door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework
Kobe Health Welfare University
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
hanging cupboard; wall cabinet
have a pass to; have access to
Kōbe International University
Kobe University of Mercantile Marine
extremely heavy drinker; insatiable drinker
tradesman (in the ritsuryō system)
small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage; small garden gate
hanging cupboard; wall cabinet
ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period; usu. low-salt and made with rice koji
Edo chrysanthemum; variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo; China aster (Callistephus chinensis)
Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
swinging door; double action door
rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)
hanging cupboard; wall cabinet
trapdoor spider (any spider of family Ctenizidae); folding trapdoor spider (any spider of family Antrodiaetidae)
top-hinged window shutter (often held open with a pole)
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
low-caste servants of public ministries (in the ritsuryō system)
type of faceted glass from Edo
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
maudlin drinker; person who is prone to crying when drunk
houses and inhabitants; population
houses and inhabitants; population
extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge)
doorstop; door stop; door stopper
gap (in a mountain ridge)
next door; neighbouring residence
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
hanging cupboard; wall cabinet
trapdoor; trap door; flap door
Imado ware (style of unglazed porcelain)
artesian well; tapped well
door made of interlaced reeds, bamboo, etc.
trapdoor spider (any spider of family Ctenizidae); folding trapdoor spider (any spider of family Antrodiaetidae)
Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period; usu. low-salt and made with rice koji
door (with a pivot hinge)
top-hinged window shutter (often held open with a pole)
fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia); burnweed; pilewort
unsold apartment (usu. newly built); remaining apartments (unsold)
person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy
original source of re-established family register; old family register
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side
runner (of a sliding door); tree wax; insect wax; Chinese wax
household with at least one member subject to taxation (ritsuryō system)
en plein air; plein air painting
climate of the Setouchi Region
Edo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
Edo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
even an unruly horse can be tamed
even an unruly horse can be tamed
eating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi
don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; (lit.) no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; (lit.) no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk
drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
everyone drinks at least a little bit; (lit.) ghosts and non-drinkers do not exist
everyone drinks at least a little bit; (lit.) ghosts and non-drinkers do not exist
Edo Senke school of tea ceremony
corner room; corner apartment
site of purification rituals; place of harae
koseki unified characters; set of characters approved for use in family names
Toita Women's Junior College
Koedo; Koedo (train service)
Kobe University of Foreign Studies
Kōbe Women's Junior College
Kobe University of Commerce
Kobe Shoin Women's University
Kobe Shinwa Women's University
Kobe Pharmaceutical University
Seto Inland Sea Environmental Conservation Council
Kobe Institute of Computing; Graduate School of Information Technology
Kobe University of Future Health Sciences
sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)
Solanum lyratum (species of nightshade)
Sebastes joyneri (genus of fish); rockfish
Sebastes joyneri (genus of fish); rockfish
Sebastes joyneri (genus of fish); rockfish
Japanese mole (Mogera wogura); Temminck's mole
Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)
Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)
liker of; fan; enthusiast; -phile