low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
town-watches from the Edo period
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; fervently; intently
invisibly; secretly; privately
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to bow slightly; to make a slight bow
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
to make an appearance; to show up
interior; inside; internal
in search of; in order to look for
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
even if; even though; however; no matter how
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point