your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
at your own discretion; as you see fit
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
still better; even better
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
sixth day of the month; six days
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
preparations for a journey
within; inside of; less than
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
setting off (on a trip); departure
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
memories; recollections; reminiscence
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
going to and fro; back and forth
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
monotypic (taxon); monotype; monomorphic; single impression die
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
cracks or fissures in the ground
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
back street; back alley; slums
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)