ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
pauper; the needy; the poor
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
early spring; beginning of spring; New Year
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
biological child; one's own child
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
Chinese book; book written in Chinese
book in Japanese; book bound in the Japanese style
coloured paper; colored paper
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to begin talking; to open up
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
rich person; millionaire; the wealthy
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail
short and stout; small but wide around
ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man
sitting opposite each other
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare