revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
young lord; successor of one's current lord
companion; partner; spouse
being too late; losing one's final chance
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
(medical) doctor; physician
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
great difference; major mistake
to look forward to something
vacant house; unoccupied house
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
enrolling at a cram school
to sit for an examination
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
study; diligence; discount; reduction
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
family; members of a family
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
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
to arrange (flowers); to plant
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
husband and wife; married couple
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative