noun:

• in the town; in the street

noun:

• sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters

noun:

• the nobility

expression:

• the whole town

noun:

• small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar ➜ 古女【ごまめ】
• tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field

~と adverb / ~の noun:

• with a snap - onomatopoeia

noun:

• train decorated with anime characters - slang

noun:

• type of local militia most active during the Qing dynasty

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the nest; "becoming independent of one's parents" [figurative] ➜ 巣立つ【すだつ】

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are ➜ 浮世

expression:

• the virtuous man will not long remain lonely - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice

expression:

• end of the world

noun:

• sword worn at the waist

noun:

• admiration of the powerful - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the capital

noun:

• mail held at the post office

noun:

• built-in function (e.g. in programming language)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); "to come to an end" [figurative] ➜ 幕を閉じる

expression:

• the guilty are audacious; show remorse when you are in the wrong - proverb

noun:

• small shot bar with an all-female staff - From English "girl's bar" ➜ ショットバー

noun:

• salary paid in kind

expression / noun:

• person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person

noun:

• being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• involving the audience (by talking to them, bringing them on stage, etc.)