snugly; cosily; compactly
all night long; all through the night
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
right and wrong; right or wrong
another thing; other things; another man's property
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to cause someone to worry
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
one's whole heart; everything one feels
expressing one's mind; speaking out
influence (on someone); inspiration
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to sneak out; to slip out; to slip away; to leave secretly
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
half-awake voice; sleepy voice; voice of when one has just woken up
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
contrary to one's expectations
tedious; lengthy; wordy; long-winded
preface; introduction; preamble
at that time; in those days
riparian works; flood-control works
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards; patterned kariginu (Edo period)
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
inside; interior; inner part
meditation; contemplation
to pause; to have a short intermission
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
suffering; distress; hardship; trial