to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
coming and going; commuting
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
mending; repair; darning; patching up
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
family a woman has married into
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
postpartum; after childbirth
emotional scars; mental trauma
to manage something successfully; to be successful
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
open-minded; receptive; free from preconceived ideas
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
dwelling; house; residence; address
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
hammering sound; hammering
to sell off; to sell completely
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to be or remain always on hand
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
(amount of a samurai's) stipend
(earning or paying) no interest