lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
staying up all night; all-night vigil
fate; destiny; predestination
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to begin talking; to open up
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
blunder; slip; error; error
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
what sort of; what kind of; what way