Vocabulary

collection of stories

pack ice

standing in a group; standing up in unison

dense wood; thick wood

warehouse goods

to store in a warehouse

warehousing company

warehousing business

hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste

warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

warehouse owner

releasing stored goods (esp. sake); delivery (of goods from a storehouse)

hurried; hasty; busy; precipitate; sudden; abrupt

ex-warehouse

storage charges; warehouse charges

rice granary

homeless; family in mourning

funerals and festivals

absent-mindedness; stupor; stupefaction; abstraction; being stunned

in mourning

emotionally uplifting; stirring

healthy; robust

bragging; exaggeration

farewell party; send-off party

person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime

sonata

sonata

layer; stratum; seam; bed

stratus

stratified

hard to imagine

to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover

investigating authorities; law enforcement authority

(criminal) investigation headquarters

to sweep up; to sweep into a heap

to sweep up together; to sweep into a heap

to sweep out; to clean out

newly swept (room, etc.)

rubbish heap; garbage dump

a jewel in a dunghill