great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
to wed; to be married; to shift blame to someone else
weak constitution; ill health
divorce; unrealized marriage prospects
to return to where one came from; to return to one's parents' home (after a divorce or separation)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
ezōshi (Edo-period illustrated story book)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
marriage proposal; marriage talks
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
hedge; fence; border; limit
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to go to seed; to become hard and fibrous; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth
widower; divorced man not remarried
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
around the clock; day and night
to waste time; to kill time
head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section
biological older sister; real elder sister
tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
administration; medication; dosage
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
tuberculosis; TB; concretion
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick