university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
age thirty; one's thirties
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to be too late; to be too slow
at that time; in those days
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
in comparison to; rather than
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to dye; to colour; to color
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
considerably; fairly; quite
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)