to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
sewing; needlework; embroidery
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
English conversation; school for English conversation
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
practice; practising; training; study
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
both; both sides; both parties
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)