muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
mousseline de laine; mousseline; light woollen fabric
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
the other day; lately; recently
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to investigate; to consider; to pat; to rub
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
beyond this point; from now on; after this
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
to forebode; to have a presentiment
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer
slowly; stolidly; heavily; lumpingly
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
to miss a chance; to fail to do
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
lover; sweetheart; mistress
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
unheard-of; unprecedented
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs