drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
loud voice; high-pitched voice
to push away; to push aside; to shove
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to prostrate oneself before
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
people from one's hometown
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
even if not; even without
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
previously mentioned; previously described; above-mentioned; aforesaid
front room; parlor; parlour; living room
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
imploring with tears in one's eyes
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
oral tradition; legend; folklore
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
cantonment; encampment; etape
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
to step firmly; to harden by treading
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
land near a castle; castle town
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations