eagerly; earnestly; zealously; wholeheartedly; diligently; assiduously
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
had better ...; had better not ...
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
anything and everything; just about everything
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
to have a talk; to tell a story
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
such; this sort of; like this
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
relations with one's relatives; socializing with relatives; treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms with someone as if they were a relative
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
something; some kind of; for some reason
magazine; journal; periodical
monthly publication; monthly issue