marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
difference; variation; difference
to look young; to seem young
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
intimacy; affection; familiarity
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
company; corporation; workplace
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to repeat; to do something over again
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
even though; despite; when
just because; even if; even though
changing clothes; change of clothes
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
light blue; pale blue; aqua