market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
first night; first watch of the night; bridal night
perception; sensing; noticing
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to fret; to be fretful; to be peevish
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
the other day; lately; recently
hot topic; talk of the town
to say no more; to sink into silence
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
your husband; her husband
to bring up under one's personal care
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
hometown; rural districts
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to tighten; to press hard
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
incident; affair; happening; event
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
late at night; deep in the night
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to make a success in life
unnatural or untimely death
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles