to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
personal; individual; private
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
every month; each month; monthly
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
how long; how far; how much
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
small change; coins; small sum of money
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
elderly handyman; elderly manservant
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
one's daughter and heiress
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
needy circumstances; living in poverty
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch