thank you for your continued patronage
to accept; to receive; to agree
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
to detain; to check; to restrain
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
vertical stripes; striped fabric
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
half-width obi (kimono sash)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to find out; to discover; to locate
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up