household economy; family finances
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
divorce; dissolution of adoption
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
hairdresser; hairdressing
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
traditional hairstyle worn by unmarried women
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
marriage ceremony; wedding
way; method; means; resource; course
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
long (time that has passed); old (story)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about