rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
to lose money; to spend money
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
owner of a brothel or restaurant
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
about; concerning; related to; -ish
senior town administrator (Edo period)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
your coming; coming with happy news; your presence
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
end; close; finish; termination
famous brand of sake; choice sake