memories; recollections; reminiscence
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
illegitimate child; secret love child
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
incident; affair; happening; event
pregnancy; conception; gestation
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
one's own child; one's own children
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
store; reserve; stock; savings
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
country living; life in the country; country life
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to sniff out; to get wind of
several years; a few years
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to find out; to discover; to detect
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
one's person; around one's person
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing