lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
hiding one's embarrassment
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
traditional Japanese women's hairstyle
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
large biceps; well-developed biceps
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to look young; to seem young
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
low dining table; tea table
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
seeing for the first time; first sight
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still