secondary residence; vacation home; villa
(man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
annual installment; annual instalment
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
situation; developments; outcome
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
proclamation; promulgation
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
that day; the very same day
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
ruffian; villain; scoundrel
property; fortune; assets
large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to crawl into; to work oneself into
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
movable floor boards; trap door
early on; earlier on; from early
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building