hair that is smoothed down
metropolitan government (of Tokyo)
not understanding; not knowing
children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together
adhesive skin patch; transdermal patch; medical patch
thick; dull (blunt); viscous
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
(for one's turn) to come round
most of all; extremely; supremely
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
late winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
unrequited love; illicit love; secret affections
to ask for money; to put the touch on someone
once in one's life; once in a lifetime
to become intimate with (e.g. a woman); to become acquainted
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
(your) beloved son; cute boy
to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
to cut; to slit; to cut open
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors