everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
invitation; introduction; temptation
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
how; in what way; how about
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
just because; even if; even though
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
suffix for familiar person
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
mythical two-tailed monster cat
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
with these words; while saying
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
forcibly; against one's will
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
since then; from that time; ever since
by sheer strength; by brute force
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use