temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to cower in fear; to be scared; to be nervous
dictation; verbal statement
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
open air; outdoors; outside
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
innumerable; unfathomable; unutterable
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
all night long; all through the night
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
nap; doze; short sleep; staringly; fixedly
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
servant in charge of footwear
new bureaucrats; right-wing, pro-military bureaucrats who gained prominence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident (1931)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
generation; lifetime; age
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
inspiration; genius; super-human skill
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
bright red; crimson lotus flower
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to turn completely into; to become completely
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum
to praise to the skies; to extol
large-scale operators; big traders
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant