unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
beginning of summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
one by one; one each; one at a time
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
entrance; admission; entering
every person; every mouth; every entrance
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations