that day; the very same day
ninth day of the month; nine days
time; hour; period; class
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
vertical stripes; striped fabric
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
scenery; scene; landscape
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
almost every day; almost daily
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in kabuki)
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)