Vocabulary

bottom; buttocks

bed-wetting

pickled vegetables; pickles

boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)

sacred wine; sacred sake; sake offered to the gods

person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice

sorry

you

four-legged tray for festive food

good morning

grandchild

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

sake cup

tomboy

New Year's sake; spiced sake

hot water

bargain; good-value; economical

brow; forehead

old maid; frump; hag; old woman

retainer; attendant; escort

to take a bath; to have a bath

parting; farewell

mother

son (of others); boy; young master

Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July

mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water

wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants

bowl (ceramic, porcelain)

to grow numb with cold

marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish

Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)

with a click; with a clink; with a snap

clink; clack

to burn hotly; to burn redly

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to nab

tightly; exactly; precisely

barely; just; narrowly; with difficulty

(one's) wife