firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
ninth day of the month; nine days
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
due form; official; formality
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
engagement gift; (ceremonial) exchange of engagement gifts
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
incident; affair; happening; event
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
leaving everything up to someone else
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to turn towards; to point
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
marriage ceremony; wedding
official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
messenger; envoy; emissary
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish