modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
to be unable to make up one's mind; to be undecided
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
a cut above; one step above
amorous rumour (rumor); romantic gossip
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to get a reputation as a philanderer
nonetheless; nevertheless
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
at that time; in those days
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
youngest brother; last disciple
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people