returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
yearned for; longed for; missed
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
changing clothes; change of clothes
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
100,000; hundred thousand
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to feel depressed; to be down
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
the whole month; all the month
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down