straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
with a momentary flash of light
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
headship of a family; family property
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
dancing or jumping for joy
irony of fate; twist of fate
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
as (for); for; in the capacity of
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
successor; replacement; second wife
marrying into the wife's family
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
same crime; being equally guilty
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
originally; by nature; from the start
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination