successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
very much; very many; more and more
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
witnessing; observing; sighting
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to ask; to enquire; to query
single word; a few words; brief comment
decision; settlement; definition
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed