proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
white background; blank; female virgin
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
to dye; to colour; to color
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
extreme leg-stretching exercise to increase flexibility of the crotch
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to trample down; to devastate
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
singing and dancing; song and dance
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope