origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
young female rice planter; young girl
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to have an eye on; to zero in on
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
considerably; fairly; quite
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
haori (Japanese formal coat)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
strategy meeting; council of war
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
knowing; (an) acquaintance
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
one's social position; one's place; one's standing