flower market during Obon; fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
homecoming; returning home
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
kimono fabrics shop; draper
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
traditional Japanese handball (game)
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
alley; alleyway; lane; path through a gate or garden
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age
cosmetics put on before going to bed
home; household; family; hearth
to care for someone; to look after someone