endurance; perseverance; patience
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
(short) rest; breather; break
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
elopement; running away with a lover
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
to arrive; to come to pass
stubbornly sticking to old ways; narrow-mindedly rejecting other people's views
to live fast (and recklessly)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
spare the rod and spoil the child; (lit.) if you love your children, send them out into the world
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
meeting place; assembly hall
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
long ago; previous; of a former age
hot-spring village; onsen village