nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
evening; early night hours
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
many; much; plenty; hardly
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
one-by-one; separately; in detail
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
(your) daughter; young woman
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
deceased husband; late husband
Niigata (city, prefecture)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
lineage; pedigree; family line
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
outside the city area; suburbs