younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
quietly; slowly; gracefully
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
story; tale; talk; discussion
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to talk; to chat; to chatter
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
polite; courteous; hospitable
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
good humour (humor); good mood
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still