kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
good feeling; feeling good
bunch of flowers; bouquet
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
temporary sewing; basting
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to become desperate; to give in to despair
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
close; intimate; on good terms
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
no, not like that (but like this)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to be reminded of; to call to mind
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...