returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
jewel; precious stone; gem
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
wind and string instruments; music
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
bridal night; first night; first watch of the night
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
have a pain in one's chest
wet nurse; nursing mother
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
princess; daughter of a nobleman
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to yearn for; to pine for
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)