one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet
(short-term) leave allowed a servant
one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
first warbling heard in a New Year
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
age relationship; luck attending age
visiting a temple for another
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
second anniversary of a death
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
kind-hearted; compassionate; charitable
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
(another person's) younger sister
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
girl; young (unmarried) woman
calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
secret; private; surreptitious
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
large truck; semi-trailer
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of