sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
adopted daughter; foster daughter
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
main door at the front of a house; front shutters
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
when; at what moment; what time
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
two-storey house; two-story house
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
your husband; her husband
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
society; the world; the times
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
dear me; I mean; or rather
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
like this; in this way; as you see
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
hard to reach place; remote place
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
leaving everything up to someone else
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
just the other day; quite recently