resourcefulness; social grace; confidence; life experience
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan; silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to yearn for; to be in love with
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
ardent; passionate; vehement
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)