tantalizing sample (of food); tantalising sample (of food)
(army unit of) conscripted farmers
thin rice gruel; rice water
security for a loan; collateral
trifling; little; few; slight
to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
old friend; familiar face
to hate each other; to hate mutually
medical book; medical journal
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
valuable article; valuables
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to cut off (a relationship)
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
(death from) starvation; starving to death
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!