to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
complicated and mysterious
rather; better; instead; if anything
simple and clear; plain and simple
(in) her way; peculiar to her
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
small; fine; detailed; stingy
the reverse; other side; lining
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
rational; reasonable; logical
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to discuss; to talk together
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to accept; to receive; to agree
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
acceleration; speeding up
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb