treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
criticizing someone behind their back; backbiting
head prostitute (of a brothel); leader of a group of friends; best of its kind; something without rival
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view
patience; endurance; perseverance
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
near oneself; close to one; familiar
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
being good at selling; shrewd salesman
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife