until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
poo; poop; doo-doo; caca; whoopsie
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
one thin flat object; one sheet
something to wear; clothes
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
meeting; greeting; welcome
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
waistband; belt; cloth girdle; obi
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble