red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
one by one; one each; one at a time
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
outside world; physical world
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
so; like this; in this way
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard