a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; (lit.) a broken mirror will never shine again
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
something new (of poor quality)
main building in a Heian palace; (historical) main residence of an emperor
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
nowadays; these days; at present
one's habitual behaviour (behavior)
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
secret story; unknown episode
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
reading matter; reading material
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
all sorts of; all kinds of
all right; very well; okay; I got it
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
love; attachment; lovesickness
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
trend of the times; way things are going