taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
gentle; quiet; demure; sober; mild-mannered; meek
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
one's husband; one's wife
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
girls' high school (pre-WWII)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
your will; your wishes; your request
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn