pressing; urging; demanding; demand
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to subsist; to keep on living
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
this occasion; at this time; now
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
trouble; bother; annoyance
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by