girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
name; given name; first name
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
greeting; a fine thing to say
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
thought; consideration; thinking
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to indicate; to show; to point to
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to unfold; to unroll; to open
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate