to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
overconfident; presumptuous
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
modesty; humility; being humble
meaning; significance; sense
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
question; inquiry; enquiry
distant look; faraway look
home area; home town; local
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
traditional Japanese dance
womanly; ladylike; feminine
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
long-established; old-established; traditional
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
world; society; people; the public
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
for your information; I'm telling you
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
and then; and so; and; so then
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing