to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to feel; to sense; to experience
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(together) with; -wide; including
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to understand; to make out
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
plum blossoms (as a harbinger of spring)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk
to begin to know; to know for the first time
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave