girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
to fail; to slip up; to make a botch job (of)
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
to search for; to seek for; to look for
godparent; first person to give something its name
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord)
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
unusual space; other dimension
change in appearance; transformation
firm promise; definite promise
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
emotional scars; mental trauma
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution