entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining
spring day; spring sun; spring sunlight
door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; clicking; clacking
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
woman's handwriting; hiragana
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
melancholy; gloom; depression
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
domestic affairs; internal administration
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
nod; inclination of the head
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
endurance; perseverance; patience
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to get out of bed; to show a leg
to wander; to roam from place to place
the other day; a few days ago
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)
silent (esp. of the passing of the night); piercing (cold)
dead of the night; midnight; (arch.) third quarter of the ox's hour (around 2-2:30am or 3-3:30am)
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
sentient beings; humaneness; compassion
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
to turn red (with anger); to be furious; to be livid
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
to shake one's head (in denial)
encouragement; incentive; stimulus