ripeness; mellowness; maturity; perfection
rich (design); beautiful; splendid
married woman; another's wife
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
once or twice; repeatedly
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
corpulence; fatness; obesity
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
adopted daughter; foster daughter
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
most part; greater part; majority
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
ultimate; final; last; eventual
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
Department of the Imperial Household
government official; clerk
to cater to another's wish; to accommodate; to be agreeable
neat and clean; tidy; trim
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
military strength; military personnel
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged