Vocabulary

to spin into yarn

to put a mask on

to plane off the corners

traditional skirt

ignorance

beginning of summer

cul-de-sac; blind pouch

beginning of spring

eldest daughter

reticulum; network

woollen goods

very intensive training; very hard training

to burst into leaf; to sprout

to accomplish (attain) one's object

type specimen

combination lock

unable to decline; hard to refuse

one's own ship

to be expensive; to cost much

former prime minister; former premier; former chancellor

as it was before

originally

to answer a request

to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

gentle-mannered

thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

fair-minded; sensible

with curious eyes; curiously

figured textiles

peach orchard

many bird; various kinds of birds

many nights; hundred nights

deep in the forest

Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai city)

to close the door (to); to shut the door (to); to exclude

point in dispute

to work toward a solution to a problem

to cross swords (with)

to put a kettle on (the stove)