slight; light; thin; faint; dim
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
nictitation; winking; palpebration; (arch.) moment; (arch.) instant; (arch.) second
quietly; slowly; gracefully
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
nothing but; except; no more than
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
concession; conciliation; compromise
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
yearned for; longed for; missed
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
daimyo's main Edo mansion
daimyo's residence on the outskirts of Edo; daimyo villa
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
the whole month; all the month
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
various articles; various items; various kinds
big problem; major issue; big controversy
treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly
actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
outermost region of the castle
hedge; fence; border; limit