implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to pluck; to pick; to tear
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
infant; baby; little child
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to apologize; to apologise
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
on the occasion of; at the time of