reading matter; reading material
already; now; no longer; not any more
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
coming and going; commuting
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
visitor at hot springs resort
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to provide; to arrange; to install
low dining table; tea table
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling; paper fan used in slapstick comedy
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
hey there; I say; see here
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
by means of; due to; because of; according to
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
to begin to rain; to begin to snow