main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to change completely; to change suddenly
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to be busy at work; to work diligently
to face on; to look out on to
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); barrier gate; checkpoint gate
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
discipline; training; teaching manners
don't you think?; indicates question
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
woman; lady; adult female
with a click; with a clink; with a snap; firmly; tightly; compactly
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
refined; genteel; graceful; decent