to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined; to become well-experienced; to mature
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
wind blowing down from a mountain
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
personal appearance; character; personality
freshly-ground (e.g. coffee, pepper); fresh ground
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
earnestly; immediately; exactly
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
your husband; her husband
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
flattery; sycophancy; adulation
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
proceeding to the capital
to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; (lit.) to put on fine clothes
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness