two days before; day before yesterday
vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks
elder daughter; older daughter
stagnation; hindrance; delay
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to butter up; to fawn over
gate; door; house; family
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
to apportion drawn water; to ladle into separate containers; to show understanding
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)
good God; good deities; true teachings of Buddha
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
leader; head; president (of a bank); bank director; greenroom manager (in a theater)
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
just because; even if; even though
change; transition; vicissitudes