having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
Tokugawa Yoshimune (shogun 1716-1745 and 1751; 1684.11.27-1751.7.12),
general; popular; common; typical
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
romantic; spicy; coquettish
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
water for washing or moistening one's hands
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to entwine; to follow about
to shed light; to cast light
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
scene; view; prospect; outlook
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
ripeness; mellowness; maturity; perfection
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
courting; wooing; making advances
boldness; guts; courage; gall; sangfroid
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
stale; hackneyed; cliched
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops