house; dwelling; human habitation
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
ability; capability; competence; skill
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
... (years old) this year
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
recuperation; medical treatment
being under the rule of; being under the government of
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
the entire force (of soldiers)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
gate guard (during the ritsuryō system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryō system)
spear with curved or straight cross-blades
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
bedside; near one's pillow
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure