sexy; popular; well-liked
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
leaving school during a term
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
April Fools' Day; April fool
one day; (on) a certain day
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to watch steadily; to stare
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to triumph; to be elated with success
beautiful maiko or geisha
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
polish; improvement; burnishing
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
superiority complex; sense of superiority
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
ceremony fitting child with a hakama
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent