counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
therefore; consequently; accordingly
(consensual) sexual intercourse
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
attenuating; fizzling out
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path
horses owned; horse owned
dapple-grey (gray) (horse coat colour)
yellowish; cream-coloured; cream-colored
to listen in; to eavesdrop
olive green; greenish brown
indefinitely; for a long time
free flow (of water); random talk; nonsense
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to install (a person) in (someone's) place
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
flour; powder (for polishing, dusting, etc.)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
aiguillette (ornamental braided cord)
enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others