cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
totally willing; fully motivated
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
being a good listener; good listener
related to; in relation to
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
never mind!; don't worry about it
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to fall off; to tumble down
ringlets; ringlet curls; sausage curls
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
for a while; for some time; for a period
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality