bright, light, luminous / merry, cheerful

rise / income / ending / (in sushi shops) tea

rise, ascend, go up / go in, enter (a house) / get out (of a pool, etc.) / visit, call (on someone) / be promoted, go up (in social standing) / let up, come to an end / flare up (as in fire)

trader, shopkeeper, merchant

vacant space

to give up, resignation, acceptance, consolation

be amazed, astonished

(あく) evil; bad; disagreeable; unpleasant / (お) hate; loathe

lye, originally the clear alkaline liquid left after leaching wood ash in water / scum, the coagulated proteins and fats that gather on the surface of a pot of boiling food

harsh of manner or personality; vicious, wily, unscrupulous, villainous / persistent or stubborn of manner; cloying of flavor; garish or overdone of color or appearance