to crack (person's voice); to squeak
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to notify; to advise; to inform
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
along; parallel to; in accordance with
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
wise saying; famous saying
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
troubled times; turbulent times
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
beyond this point; from now on; after this
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
to dye; to colour; to color
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use