half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
three; three years of age
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
already; now; no longer; not any more
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
shoji (paper sliding door)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
yearned for; longed for; missed
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station