back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
Boys (The Shirelles song)
to keep secret; to conceal
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
explanation; interpretation
to hide; to keep to oneself
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
thicket; coppice; brushwood
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
secret; private; surreptitious
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)
to push aside; to push one's way through
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
in spite of; regardless of
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
man; male; masculine gender
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
sexual experience (with men)