care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
working in the fields; working on a farm
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be surprised; to be astonished
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
almost every day; almost daily
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
every evening; every night
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)