mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
mountain hamlet; mountain village
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
conviction; belief; confidence
manuscript; version; draft
to draft; to write a rough copy
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
history of a nation; Japanese history
to recall; to remember; to recollect
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to cease; to stop; to be over
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to investigate; to consider; to pat; to rub
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable