completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
reading only the important parts; reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
enamel; enamel paint; enameled leather; patent leather
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
to be reflected in a mirror
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
after a long time; for the first time in a while
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
Margrit; Marguerite; Margueritte
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
dress circle (of a theatre); (first) balcony; box; stands (seating for spectators)
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis