with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
as is habit; the way life normally is
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof
good; goodness; right; virtue
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
having no go-between (for a marriage)
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
(as discordant as) fire and water
foolish idea; (one's own) idea; my humble opinion
north wind; northerly wind
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
almost; roughly; approximately
annotation; explanatory note; comment
type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous