your daughter; young woman
woman who missed the chance of getting married (because she is too old)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
harm; injury; evil (influence)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
pelting rain; pouring rain; driving rain; downpour
one's post; place of work; workplace
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
longing for others; wanting company
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
opposite bank; farther shore
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
getting (very) cold; becoming (much) colder; chill; cooling down (of economic activity); slowdown; decline
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing