to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
at first; in the beginning; originally
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
chief; main; principal; important
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
price; cost; value; worth; value
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
retrogression; degeneration; deterioration
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a precept without shame
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
one's later years; final years (in life)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful