married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
preparation; arrangements
to bore; to tire; to weary; to use lavishly (and without regret)
being adopted into the family of one's bride
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to be erected; to be built
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to leave word; to leave a message
this and that; all kinds of things; one thing and another
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
just then; at that time; at that moment; as it's a time of ...; in this time of ...
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
day of spring; spring sun
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)