house; one's house; one's home; one's family
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
samurai; warrior; military family
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
a dime a dozen; two a penny
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
of course; certainly; naturally
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
as a child; when one was a child
festival; feast; carnival
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
modern person; people of today
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
being left out; being ostracized
living abroad; life overseas