to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
number of (large) animals
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
exceptionally close friend
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
everyone at once; everyone together
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
reconstruction; rebuilding
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
to rebuild; to reconstruct
reexamination; reinvestigation
(within a) territory; domains
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
everybody for himself; everyone for themselves
Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
meeting (with another person)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
kind-hearted; benevolence