Vocabulary

visceral arch

still better; even better

beyond repair; irreparable

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

to act as an intermediary

middle brother

to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept

together with one's lot

shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)

to become famous

long crowing (warbling)

to be famous; to be well-known

to exchange wooing cries; to cry (howl) to each other

to keep crying

(one's) late mother

to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

through a matchmaker

through a go-between

to have sexual intercourse

pear

to pose a riddle

oblique stress

oblique incidence

not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails

Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)

imperfect (superficial) knowledge

to eat raw (fresh)

firsthand information

live vaccine

article of average quality; common article

unable to fight back tears

to shed tears

to swallow one's tears; to choke back one's tears; to hold back one's disappointment; to suppress one's mortification

to be moved to tears

meat of medium quality

salt

uncommonly; extraordinary

to cut one's way through the waves

source of worry; source of distress

tamer