to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
negative emotions; negative feelings
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate
to have a talk; to tell a story
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
serious; severe; grave; acute
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to discuss; to talk together
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
confidence; trust; faith; credit
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
tea house; wayside tea stall; coffee shop; kissaten
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe