let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to accompany; to go with; to go together
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
garden lantern; hanging lantern
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
transactions; dealings; business
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to approach; to draw near
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
indicate reason; infers some protest
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
confusion; distraction; derangement
middle of the night; dead of night
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes