thereupon; shortly thereafter
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
way of speaking; intimation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
annotation; explanatory note; comment
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
question; inquiry; enquiry
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
head of family; originator
former years; formerly; a few years ago
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
in case of; at that time; at this time
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
treatment; service; handling; management
talking in whispers; confidential words
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
fat; tallow; lard; grease
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
yearning; longing for; deep affection