costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
kithara (ancient Greek musical instrument); cithara
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
one by one; one after another; successively
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
possible; likely; probable
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
gross (i.e. 12 dozen); gross (i.e. not net); total; gross score (in golf)
major dealer; wealthy merchant
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
the people; citizens; the populace
to detest; to abhor; to loathe