fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
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 (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
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; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
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; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
absentmindedness; peace of mind
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.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
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
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
such; this sort of; like this
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); 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
journal; magazine; periodical
monthly publication; monthly issue
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
library; book collection; paperback book
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize