to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
leather-soled sandals (geta)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
people from one's hometown
importance; emphasis; stress
other than; excluding; without
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
reading carefully with appreciation; giving (something) a careful perusal
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
the literary world; literary circles
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
in good health; alive and well; going strong
village; hamlet; settlement
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
abortion; to be interrupted; to be discontinued; to be suspended
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia); scabious patrinia; yellow patrinia
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)