to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
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)
Mars (Roman god); Mars (planet)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to grimace; to make a wry face
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
place; situation; position; location
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
high-class restaurant; high-end store
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
character style; character form
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to be smeared; to be covered
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to run around; to bustle about
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...