after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
one's house; one's home; one's family
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
north wind; northerly wind
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
flood of emotions; many thoughts
tears of grief; crying with sadness
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
clear; vivid; brilliant; prominent; obvious; evident
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
charming; bewitching; enchanting
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
female court attendant; court lady
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
sidelocks; hair at the temples
neat and clean; tidy; trim
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
finally; barely; only just; gradually
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother