the latter; the second; successor; descendant
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
good humour (humor); good mood
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
place; position; location; position; standing; status
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
stairs; stairway; staircase
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
another prefecture; other prefectures
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
very popular; highly favoured
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
height (of a person); stature
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
decoration; ornamental item
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink