dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
February; second month of the lunar calendar
okoso-zukin; kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji
white makeup powder; (face) powder
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
to like; to love; to be fond of
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
one's real father; natural father; biological father
rebellious spirit; defiant attitude
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to be pregnant; to be with child
plum blossoms (as a harbinger of spring)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
mental; spiritual; emotional
near oneself; close to one; familiar
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
one's mood; one's caprice; a smile or a frown
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
thickly (of whipped eggs, cream, etc.; such that it leaves a trail or forms soft peaks); stickily; becoming thick and foamy (of soap suds); sluggishly; slowly; heavily
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety