search for a husband for one's daughter
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
caller; visitor; company; guest
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
preference; priority; precedence
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
shellfish; seashell; shell
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious