to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
looks; personal appearance; features
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
individual; private person; personal; private
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to adorn oneself; to dress oneself up; to give an air of; to make oneself seem like
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
clanging; empty; deserted
in order; in turn; one by one
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
junior high school student; middle school pupil
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
notebook; account book; register
most part; greater part; majority
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
small gathering; happy circle