white hair; grey hair; gray hair
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
coming from neighboring districts (of goods or produce); provincial merchant; local trader; local hoodlum; street tough
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) wind (blowing) into a horse's ear
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
common people; ordinary people; masses
stress relief; getting rid of stress
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); the elite; person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
one's whole heart; everything one feels
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to pretend; to act (as if)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation