head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
that day; the very same day
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
accounting; administration (of money)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer