year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
hot spring district (within a town)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to attempt; to test; to try out
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
such; like that; that sort of; very
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
and yet; though; when; in spite of
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit