lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
counterfeit paper money; forged document
even though it is not; despite not
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to have sexual intercourse
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to subsist; to keep on living
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
rest; break; recess; intermission
guidance; protective custody
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
official post; regular post; principal post (as opposed to secondary post); I (of someone in government or the civil service)
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
conduct; behavior; behaviour
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause