water content; moisture; juiciness; dampness
clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
best article under heaven; peerless
that's right; yes; uh-huh
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
zest for living; energy to live
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
third day of the month; three days
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
origin; source; exit; point of departure; time to take action
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny