girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
to be used to calling (someone by a certain name)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to gain fame; to make one's name
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
friction; discord; strife
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
private person; individual
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
self-torturing; masochistic
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily