flower market during Obon; fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
homecoming; returning home
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
kimono fabrics shop; draper
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
coming and going; commuting
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
traditional Japanese handball game
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
alley; alleyway; lane; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
back street; back alley; off-street
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age