duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
sake for moon viewing parties
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
early on; earlier on; from early
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
to rebuild; to reconstruct
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
room detached from main house
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
soon; before long; in the near future
antique-looking; looking hoary with patina
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn