noun:

• jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)

noun:

• bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse

noun:

• actor; actress; someone who works at a theater

noun:

• female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period) ➜ ゆな

noun:

• female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period) ➜ 風呂屋者

noun:

• obi with a different colour on each side ➜ 昼夜帯

noun:

• kabuki actor who is also a male prostitute ➜ かげま

noun:

• cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

expression / ~と adverb:

• bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess

noun:

• female narrator in a silent movie theatre

noun:

• taking one's lover to a hotel

noun:

• citizens of a local area or region - obscure term ➜ 地元民

noun:

• celebration for the completion of a project

expression:

• a long time ago; in those days

noun:

• single pattern on the entirety of a garment

noun:

• nasty (i.e. nastic movement of a plant) ➜ 屈性

noun:

• songbird; bird with a beautiful song

noun:

• shape of the lingering snow on a mountainside ➜ 雪占

noun:

• public bath located in a city or town

godan ~る verb:

• to bend down with a round back

noun:

• severe accident (esp. relating to a nuclear reactor)

noun:

• roofed mud wall around a villa or temple ➜ 築地【ついじ】

noun:

• crosscut plank
• rear part of a noh stage

noun:

• the Big Dipper seen on a winter night ➜ 北斗

noun:

• dried Swertia japonica (used as a traditional medicine) ➜ 千振