with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
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)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
third stage; three stages
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
place; situation; position; location
high and low; rise and fall
busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
how; in what way; circumstances
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
thousand years; very long period; forever
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort