to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
although I say; although one might say; although called
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
eighth month of the lunar calendar
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to put someone to trouble
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
trouble; bother; annoyance
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to try all possible means
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to name; to call; to christen; to term
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else