sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
approximate age; age range
vexing; irritating; impatient
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
charming; fascinating; beautiful; elegant; graceful; sweet
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
while; during; performed in this condition
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
neophyte; new monk (or nun); new convert (to Buddhism)
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
(all of) you or them; various wise individuals; gentlemen
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
association; union; guild
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
wife and children; (arch.) wife
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
imperial court; royal court
court lady; lady-in-waiting
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)