Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
university professor; college professor
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
as hard as one can; with one's whole heart
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
washtub; dishpan; washing-up bowl
to press a question; to cross-examine
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
guest house; private home providing lodging for travelers; bed and breakfast; pension
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
the same generation; coeval
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
approval; acceptance; toleration
contraception; birth control
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other