contraceptive device; birth-control device
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to overdo; to do too much
unmarried; not yet married
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
elopement; running away with a lover
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)