house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
seventh day of the month; seven days
eighth day of the month; eight days
windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment
exposure to wind; severe criticism
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
sincere; earnest; serious
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
accurate; correct; precise; exact
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to push to one side; to put aside
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to scuttle off; to take flight
have to do; must; should; ought to
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to cut off; to lop off; to prune