rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
(physical) growth; development
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
general idea; concept; notion
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
for today; for the time being
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
footwear; footgear; shoes
breeding; raising; rearing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before