smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
pass (e.g. backstage pass)
town girl; girl raised in a town
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
something wrapped in a furoshiki
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
construction; architecture (of buildings)
group; bunch; crowd; group
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
station; office; guardroom
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to rebuild; to reconstruct
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
feminine; womanly; female
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
retainer; attendant; escort
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
wet nurse; nursing mother
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education