chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
at; in; at; when; by; with
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
bent back; hunchback; stoop
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
iron rust; iron hydroxide
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
both; both sides; both parties
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
how admirably; how wonderfully; incredibly well; splendidly
to be overcome with emotion
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
certainly; surely; definitely
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life