hiding one's embarrassment
orphan; person without friends
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
to let one's hair hang down
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
check pattern; checked pattern; checkered pattern; plaid; lattice design
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
moment; brief space of time
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
ice house; ice room; cold room
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift