sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
treasure ship; picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
sitting in a circle; pleasant gathering
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
one's whole life; one's lifetime
memories; recollections; reminiscence
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
home; household; family; hearth
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
day after day; day by day
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
missing someone; loathing to part
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to complete decisively; to do to completion
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to flare up; to burst into flames
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned