cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
neighbourhood; neighborhood
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
Buddhism's highest paradise
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
social; societal; societary
(social) position; status
two guilty parties tried and punished together
practice; practising; training; study
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
bento; Japanese box lunch
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo