face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections
keenly felt; heart-wrenching; heart-rending
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
youngest brother; last disciple
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
long time; long interval; for quite some time
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
classical elegance; antiquity
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life