serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain
another day; some other day
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
Island; insula; island; islet
to watch intently; to stare
vertical stripes; striped fabric
(Western-style) umbrella; parasol
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
(political) power; authority; influence
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
hard to reach place; remote place
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
not permitting; not authorizing