admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
woman; female; feminine gender
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
remembrance; recollection; recognition
intimacy; affection; familiarity
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
recognition; acquaintance
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
room for female servants; room where there are women; jail for women
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court