meeting to show respect for the aged
agarwood; aloeswood; gharuwood; aquilaria tree; lign aloes
the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
to understand; to comprehend
woman who brings the rain with her wherever she goes; woman who is constantly unlucky with the weather
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
insect catching; bug catching
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
hard to reach place; remote place
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
neighboring village; neighbouring village
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
a long time (since the last time)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
frequent; densely packed; thick
meteor swarm; meteor shower
having said that; be that as it may
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
trivial; not amounting to much