to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
daily visit (of worship); frequent visit
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses
having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish
to lead someone around by the nose
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
hesitantly; timidly; diffidently
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
feigned innocence or naivete; beguiling innocence; wolf in sheep's clothing
gait; one's manner of walking; technique involving tripping the opponent
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
obviously known; open secret; clear for all to see; being found out
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
festival merrymaking; revelry
no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
going upstream; swimming upstream
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
conjecture; guesswork; guess
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice