extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
warp; curvature; curve; arch
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
to grow up; to become an adult
to be dead; to be lifeless
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
reality; actuality; hard fact
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
counter for choices, options, etc.
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
comfort; consolation; diversion
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
beyond that point; after that
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
room allocation; assignment of rooms
another's parent; another's parents
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)