to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to make an appearance; to show up
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
sense of values; values; value system
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
(brother and sister) born of a different mother