fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
greeting; a fine thing to say
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to show off; to parade; to pretend
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
at first; in the beginning; originally
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
one day; (on) a certain day
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
influence (on someone); inspiration
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start