next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
neighbouring house; neighboring house
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
tenth day of the month; ten days
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
sampling food; tasting; trying
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
plainly; clearly; vividly
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
thin; slender; fine; unlucky