returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
to be cleared of a charge
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
please; somehow or other; one way or another
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
at the last moment; this late in the game
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to approach; to draw near
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
planning; project; plan; design
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to gather; to collect; to assemble
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
when it becomes; when it comes to
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
offender; criminal; culprit
memories; recollections; reminiscence