family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
grand ceremony; state ceremony; important law; legal canon
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
annotation; explanatory note; comment
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
thick makeup; heavy makeup
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since