love affair; love relationship
interference; meddling; butting in
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
freedom; free man; free woman
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
baton (of command); order; command; direction
club activities; extracurricular activities
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
looking on; remaining a spectator
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
for lack of anything better to do
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
successive generations; successive emperors
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette