choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
normal duties; (one's) regular work
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
Western clothing; Western binding
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
simmer; bubble out; flow out
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
besides; moreover; in addition
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
this and that; one thing or another
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
preparation; arrangements
locker room; changing room; dressing room
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to press a question; to cross-examine
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to understand (each other); to comprehend
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity