latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
accident; emergency; calamity
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
inexperienced; unrealistic; knowing but little of the world
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
it's probably so; it stands to reason
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
Tokugawa Yorifusa (1603-1661)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
interference; meddling; butting in
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
trouble; quarrel; dispute
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
to be impressed; to greatly admire
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
blunder; slip; error; error
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
certainly; surely; definitely
presentation (e.g. of a gift)