interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
main force; chief object; mainline
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
in the end; on top of that
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to take; to catch; to capture
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
preparations for returning (home)
surroundings; circumference
light blue; pale blue; aqua
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock