siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
practice; practising; training; study
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
all night; throughout the night
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)
drawing; painting; picture
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
boy; son; baby boy; young man
village office; local administration office in a village
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to jut out; to protrude; to overhang
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
unchastity; misconduct; dissipation; fornication
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
remains; corpse; (dead) body
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said