Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
party; set; gang; company; person
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
people from one's hometown
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
striking; remarkable; considerable
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
schoolgirl; female student
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
home; household; family; hearth
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; set of two (one large, one small); pair (for husband and wife); his and hers (e.g. teacups)
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
early spring; beginning of spring; New Year
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
mutual agreement; understanding; common consent
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)