ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
interior; inside; internal
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
Buddhist (household) altar
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
clanging; empty; deserted
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
orphan; person without friends
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to fret (esp. of a young child); to be fretful; to be peevish
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood)
having said that; be that as it may
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
labor; labour; toil; hardship
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day