undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
good old wife; one's wife of many years
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
deadly serious; deadly earnest
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
tenement house; row house
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
greeting; a fine thing to say
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to move out (of); to leave; to vacate
to steal; to rob; to take away
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
temple's territory; temple's estate
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
village headman; village mayor
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
patience; endurance; perseverance
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited