sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
mounted warrior; cavalier; knight
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
to become decrepit; to become senile
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; hanger-on; follower; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to be ill; to suffer from
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
anger; being angry; being mad
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness
Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
effect; virtue; efficacy; one's dominant eye
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
upper reaches of a river; upstream
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
one part; one portion; one section
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
northern part; the north (of a region)