Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
change; alteration; modification
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
mixed race; mixed parentage
to throw oneself (into an activity)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
supervised; under surveillance
information; news; report; reward; retribution
wherein; therein; thereinto
parentless; orphaned; parentless child; orphan
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
distress; anguish; mental suffering
explosive; blasting powder
godparents; foster parents
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
stagnation; hindrance; delay
wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
marriage ceremony; wedding
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
opening a business; opening a practice
to grant permission; to give permission
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
within the year; before the year is out
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
strictly; severely; rigidly
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment