society; company; the public; the world
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
fidelity (in a romantic relationship); loyalty
bill (at a restaurant); check
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
tips of one's hair; hair ends
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
concession; conciliation; compromise
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
underground train; subway
to get angry; to become perverse
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
to make an appeal; to urge
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
quickly; swiftly; already; before; long time ago
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
pug-nosed face; person with a pug-nosed face
briquette (charcoal or coal)
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
(someone else's) daughter
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought